Google Search Screen Saver (Easter Egg)

May 12, 2021 - 6:59 pm 2 by
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Google Search Screen Saver (Easter Egg)

Do a search in Google for [dvd screensaver] and just wait a bit. The Google logo will start to move around and change colors, like an old fashion screensaver for a TV, monitor, DVD and so on.

Above is a GIF of it in action, but below is a higher quality video of it in action:

I believe this was first posted by Google Search engineer Zouhir on Twitter tonight.

Can you trigger this for other keyword variations?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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