Choose wisely young padawan
Google has gone full blown Star Wars fanatic by letting you choose which side you would choose. However, that is not all. When you do choose your side. Google related apps will also follow along with the Star Wars Theme (Personally, I chose the dark side, since I am partial to the colours).
Head over to the website and have a look yourself: http://www.google.co.uk/starwars/
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The chosen side will correspond with which side you have chosen:
In Gmail, the obvious change (this may not take immediate effect) is the background is now Star Wars related. Similarly when you install the extension for Chrome, your new tabs will now open up as a full screen wallpaper of images from the new movie! This is also the same effect with Chromecast app backdrop.
Star Wars events (especially the release date of the movie) are automatically added into your Caldendar events. Downloading the Star Wars app on your phone will automatically push a Star Wars theme to your smartwatch.
With YouTube, the volume and progress bar are now glowing lightsabers (colour is dependant on your side). Additionally the volume bar will also produce the sound of the lightsaber when hovered over or adjusting the volume.
Google Maps the street view person is now a storm trooper and the navigation is either a tie fighter or an x-wing. With Waze, the voice navigator is now C3PO. With Google Translate, you can now translate into Aurebesh too!
While nothing is useful, it does provide a reminder and also excitement towards the upcoming new Star Wars the force awakens movie.
Oh and if you have forgotten, the movie comes out on December 17th 2015.
May the Force be with you!
