Okay, fine fine, Google's April Fool's Day pranks are pretty great this year, here are all of them
April Fools' Day is the only "fake news" day that's almost welcome. And one of the longstanding masters of the tech prank, Google, is at it again with a fresh batch of trickery. This year, the jokes are more obviously fake this time around in what appears to be an effort to avoid anyone actually thinking these products actually exist. SEE ALSO: 15 office prank ideas to show your coworkers who's really the boss Nevertheless, some of these products would be kind of cool, despite how wildly impractical they are. Here's the running list of what Google's "rolled out" today so far: Although the name rhymes with the very real Google Home, this imagined Google digital assistant is instead designed to sit outdoors and help you out with all matters related to weekend backyard lounging and the occasional bit of garden work. Delivering information bits about weather, edible plant life and a surprisingly dark array of opinions, Google Gnome is what Google Home would be like if it showed up in an episode of Black Mirror -- helpful, but just a tad too ominous with its robot apocalypse leanings.
Apr-1-2017, 19:15:08 GMT