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Google’s iPhone app has a hidden menu
VentureBeat —
... and made it cool, interesting and useful. But alongside that update Google added a hidden menu, which it revealed today on the Google Mobile Blog. ...
Google Wants You To Know About Its Hidden iPhone App Menu
TechCrunch —
... Google put an easter egg in the menu of their iPhone application, but they hid it so well that no one stumbled upon it, so they simply decided to blog about it to reveal the gem. ...
Google Mobile app for iPhone hides a secret menu for extra customization
Unwired View —
... extra feature called Bells and Whistles, with options for users to change the app’s color theme and sounds.
Getting to it will prove frustrating to some, as it takes quite a bit of a user’s time. But if you really want to access this easter egg, then go on and swipe repeatedly to go below the app’s About page. Now, I wonder if Apple knew about any of this when they approved the Google Mobile app. You think?
Via Google Mobile Blog
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Google Reveals Hidden Menu in its Google Mobile App
iPhone Hacks —
... tab. You need to keep swiping your finger upwards (quite a lot) to see the “Bells and Whistles” menu. Tapping on this menu reveals the extra options such as an option to change the apps color to anything you want, the option to have the app’s default sound replaced by monkey or chicken noises, an option to see live waveform show up as you talk and the option to open links in the app itself. [image] [image] [image] [image] A neat way to hide the Easter Egg. What do you think? [ Google Mobile Blog via ...
Find the hidden menu in Google Mobile for iPhone
Download Squad —
... Google's iPhone app, Google Mobile, was already pretty handy with the addition of voice search, but it turns out that it's got more features than anybody realized. The Google Mobile team just ...
Google outs Easter Egg in Google Mobile iPhone app
Boy Genius Report —
Everyone loves a good Easter Egg and it looks like Google decided to add a few little treats to one of its iPhone apps. The Google Mobile App has some hidden menus that allow you to access a few fairly useless but entertaining features. It takes some perseverance but if you continue to swipe upward on the “About” screen, a new menu item “Bells and Whistles” will appear. Click on the new “Bells and Whistles” menu and you will be able to change the color of the application, change the default sound to a monkey or a chicken, ...
Google Mobile On The IPod Touch - Dig For The Bells And Whistles
Futurelawyer —
... Official Google Mobile Blog: Ring in the New Year with Bells and Whistles. ...
Daily Tidbits: Google hides features and reveals them
Webware.com —
... Google's Mobile App with Voice Search for the iPhone has a few hidden features, the company announced Thursday. The hidden menu offers theme color changes and allows users to ditch its default sounds for others of their choosing. The app also features an option to open links in the program. Google said it will discuss more details at Macworld next week. ...
Google Mobile App with Voice Search’s hidden extra options
MacDailyNews —
... with any outfit or match the holiday season," Jitkoff explains. "Tired of the standard beeps and boops during speech recognition? You can try out some alternate sounds made by our teammates in their sugar-induced stupor." Jitkoff writes, "There are a couple of other options hidden in there, too. We had (a little too much) fun implementing these features and hope you enjoy them! And don't worry. If you don't find them, just come see us at Macworld and we'll show you." Full article here .
Check Out The Secret ‘Bells & Whistles’ in Google Mobile iPhone App
iPhone News Feeds —
... page for the app. This should show you Bells and Whistles as an extra menu item. From that menu you can:
Change the theme color of the app
Change the default sound (to a monkey or a chicken)
Choose a waveform to appear when you speak
Set whether to have links open within the app
Not a huge new range of settings, but better than a kick in the teeth, and sounds like the Google Mobile team had a lot of fun adding these.
Source: Google Mobile Blog via BGR
Google Reveals Hidden Menu in iPhone App
Cult of Mac —
... Those wacky kids in Mountain View, CA who write the Google blog posted Friday about a “Bells and Whistles” Easter egg menu for the company’s voice-enabled iPhone app. The screen is revealed by repeated attempts to swipe upward on the iPhone’s touch screen from the Settings menu. At first glance, there appears to be nothing below the tab labelled “About” but continue swiping upward on the screen (five swipes in my case), and a “Bells and Whistles” tab will appear. ...
Google iPhone app is the gift that keeps on giving
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Freeware, iPhoneJust when you thought you had the Google Mobile App with voice search all figured out, Google goes and reveals an Easter egg hidden in the settings menu. To get there, just keep scrolling down below the 'about' button. If you keep at it, the previously hidden 'Bells and Whistles' button will appear, giving you these additional options:
Different theme colors to change the look of the app
Changes to the sounds the app uses, including monkeys and chickens
The addition ...
Easter Egg Within Google Mobile App Offers Up a Useful Feature
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... notice some new options to play around with, including a theme color changer and a sounds option. The most useful feature added here is the ‘Open Links in App’ option. Turn this to ‘On’ and any links you click after a search will open up from within the App. Very useful.
If you don’t have the Google Mobile App for the iPhone or iPod Touch yet, you can get it here (iTunes Link Alert). Don’t worry, it’s free.
[Via: Google Mobile Blog]
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Activating “Bells and Whistles” on Google Mobile App for iPhone
D' Technology Weblog —
... , but missed a hidden feature in the App, named “Bells and Whistles.” In fact, no one noticed it, which is why Google blogged about it. To activate the bells and whistles button, you need to go to the “settings” area in the app and then keep on flicking the page up, over and over again, until you see the button show up. ...
Google Easter Egg adds extra settings functionality to your iPhone
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... features. It takes some perseverance but if you continue to swipe upward on the “About” screen, a new menu item “Bells and Whistles” will appear. Click on the new “Bells and Whistles” menu and you will be able to change the color of the application, change the default sound to a monkey or a chicken, select a waveform to appear when you talk and set the option to open links within the application (the one useful feature). Enjoy!
From the Google Mobile blog via BGR. ...
Some Of Our Favorite Easter Eggs
TechCrunch —
... Google unveiled a surprise Easter egg for its Mobile App for the iPhone earlier this year. If you click on the settings tab, scroll to the bottom and keep swiping upwards until a secret option dubbed ‘Bells and Whistles’ appears (this also works in the foreign language versions of the app). The hidden menu lets you change the theme color of the app and its default sounds to chicken or monkey noises. ...
