Poop, laugh, gossip: Google builds audio emojis into the phone app
Google's phone app is getting a nipple board. This allows you to insert several sounds during conversations – from farting to crying.
A poop emoji on a pink background.
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Audio emojis is the name of the future integrated sound function in Google's phone app. This will allow conversations to be refined in an onomatopoeic way. You will soon be able to make a loud fart sound. Until now, this was something you desperately tried to suppress when having a conversation. But it is certainly a striking statement and not an accident. If a real fart does escape, you also have the chance to disguise it with audio emojis. Oops, I hit the wrong button.
Laughing, crying, clapping, partying and Sting (a badabum) will also soon be available as audio emojis. However, pressing a button is not quite enough, the buttons cannot be used like a nipple board, as we know it from Stefan Raab. However, according to the blog 9to5google, there is a virtual button while you are already in a phone call. This hides a selection of classic emojis that can be used to play the sounds. At the same time, an animation of the selected emoji appears. However, there is probably a limit to how often you can select the sounds and how quickly one after the other.
Drum roll, party, applause
The phone app settings should say: "Express emotions and moods with sounds like applause, laughter, sad trombone and more with clickable emoji while you're in a call." So far, the feature is only available as a beta. However, it is expected that everyone with Google's phone app will be able to access it in the coming weeks. You can then announce news with a long pause, select a party and wait for applause from the other person.
Now that Teams and other video conferencing services have also become popular for applauding speakers in meetings and presentations and letting hearts and thumbs fly, it is probably only a logical consequence to also allow such emotions during phone calls. The only question is when to use the fart. So far, it hasn't even been used in teams or under posts in social networks, which can also be provided with emoji. It is therefore safe to assume that this function is primarily intended to be fun.
(emw)
