Google.com was designed as a search engine capable of aggregating billions of web pages to allow us to find our way in the easiest way possible. But, over time, he also had fun sliding some Easter eggs or jokes in the form of a wink, in addition to multiple very practical and unfairly overlooked functions.
Here you have our selection of little things that are very useful in everyday life and that are just a click away. A list that is far from exhaustive.
· Follow your plane in flight
One of your loved ones is on the plane and you don’t know if they arrived safely at their destination or if their flight is delayed. Don’t panic, typing the flight number in the search bar shows all the information about your flight for the day, the previous day or possibly the flights for the following days.
The magic formula: the flight number typed in the bar appears and the tracking in real time.
· Roll a dice
No dice at hand, no problem. Google Search has the solution for you, in completely random mode. And it can also work if you don’t have a “heads or tails” coin.
The magic formula: when you type “roll the dice”, it will roll before your eyes and you can roll it again infinitely.
Tune your instrument
Do musicians even know that Google Search also allows them to tune their instrument, whatever it may be? The search engine will use the microphone of the smartphone or computer to listen to the instrument that is playing and display the note. Then you just have to agree.
The magic formula: write “Instrument tuner” or even “Tuner (guitar, piano, violin, etc.). Google also offers a metronome by typing “metronome.”
Play Pac-Man
You are boring? Google Search has many little games to pass the time. And among them, Pac-Man who must eliminate or escape from the ghosts while eating the Pac-gums that he finds in his path… traced in a Google Doodle.
The magic formula: type “Pac-Man” and the iconic music will resonate… It also works for Solitaire, Snake or even Tic-Tac-Toe.
do your math
Moderately motivated by your math exercises? You can copy and paste your formulas and Google will calculate them for you. And it also works to calculate your tips as a percentage. The calculator appears and will even allow calculations of angle, perimeter, square root, etc.
The magic formula: type the calculation in numbers or letters in the search bar. And the calculator will appear with the result. You can also type “calculator” directly into the search window.
animal cries
Google is a wealth of information. Of all the information. Do you know what a moose or an alpaca cries? And can you distinguish the howl of a tiger from that of a lion? Thanks to Google you can do it. And occupy the children for a while…
The magic formula: write “animal sounds” and have fun.
Source: BFM TV
