Google is building a fart button into Android

I simply don’t cognize really to consciousness astir an incoming update to nan Google Phone app that adds sound effects to nan Android dialer. First spotted arsenic portion of a beta update by 9to5Google, nan app whitethorn soon fto you pat 1 of six “Audio Emoji” buttons to play a short sound clip that some sides of nan telephone tin hear.

There’s clapping, laughing, crying (a sad, sliding trombone), partying, a drum sting (ba-dum ts) and... poop, which emits a fart sound. You tin entree nan buttons during a telephone by tapping nan action successful nan dialer’s overflow paper aliases pinch a mini emblem positioned toward nan bottom.

The dormant teen successful maine wants to effort nan poop fastener astatine slightest erstwhile pinch a trusted friend who won’t disown maine for having a questionable consciousness of humor. Personally, I’d overmuch alternatively perceive these sounds (except farts) successful my conversations arsenic organic, genuine reactions. Who will really get meaningful usage retired of this characteristic aft that novelty quickly wears off?

If we’re going to do this, I’d emotion to spot user-customizable audio, plus, perhaps, prerecorded messages and text-to-speech shortcuts. This first database covers nan basics, but I deliberation it mightiness beryllium missing nan people a bit.

Realistically, this could each conscionable beryllium a merchandise of boredom from 1 of Google’s engineers, and it’s alright if that’s really acold this goes. Just, please, don’t spam your loved ones pinch it, unless your extremity is to get them disconnected nan telephone arsenic soon arsenic possible. (Thankfully, there’s a cooldown play that limits really often you tin usage nan effects.) Google I/O is coming up May 14th, truthful hopefully, by then, we’ll get further penetration into its reasoning for this one.