April Fools’ Day is a day of jokes and some crazy wit and when it comes to commercial companies playing the pranks on us, we always fall prey!
We all know how sophisticated Google and others can get when it comes to pulling off pranks on unsuspecting users. This year, it wants you to believe that its Files app can also clean the actual surface of your phone, in case there is any dust or spilled coffee on the screen.
1. Google
In an elaborate and a very believable video, Google explains how millions of people use the Files app to keep their phones organised and clean. Now, a new feature within the app called Smart Cleaner uses something called as the ‘Smudge Detector API’ to identify ‘imperfections’ on the outside of your phone.
Google says it uses Geometric Dirt Models and Haptic Micromovement Generator to dislodge dirt, smudges, and more, from the actual, physical screen.
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Not only that, once it is clean, internal vibrations and haptic controls create microvibrations, forming a long-lasting non-stick shield around the phone. That’s enough technology mumbo-jumbo for a prank.
2. Amazon Audible
Audible, the audiobook service run by Amazon, went the ‘humorously useless product’ route this year with ‘Audible for Fish’. This product is basically what it sounds like- an audiobook experience for aquatic animals who don’t actually care about audiobooks.
We can’t forget our fishy friends, who need company just as much as our furrier pets! ‘Audible for Fish’ is designed to ensure these scaly sweethearts have a whale of a time in the tank when home alone. Learn more: https://t.co/Efzvc7ZbAt! pic.twitter.com/66XyvR4Czc
— Audible (@audible_com) April 1, 2019
3. Spotify
If there is such a thing as a good corporate April Fools’ joke, Spotify came close this year. The music streaming service normally generates ‘Discover Weekly’ playlists for each of its users consisting of new music they might want to listen to, based on what they normally like.
For April Fools’ Day, Spotify put together a “Discocover Weekly” playlist that is largely disco covers of non-disco songs. The disco cover of the original Star Trek theme, in particular, is a good choice. It’s honestly not the worst playlist in the world.