Google is building a fart button into Android

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The Google Phone app is getting a beta update that adds six “Emoji Audio” sounds that both callers can hear.

I simply don’t know how to feel about an incoming update to the Google Phone app that adds sound effects to the Android dialer. First spotted as part of a beta update by 9to5Google, the app may soon let you tap one of six “Audio Emoji” buttons to play a short sound clip that both sides of the call can hear. There’s clapping, laughing, crying , partying, a drum sting and... poop, which emits a fart sound.

Personally, I’d much rather hear these sounds in my conversations as organic, genuine reactions. Who will actually get meaningful use out of this feature after that novelty quickly wears off? If we’re going to do this, I’d love to see user-customizable audio, plus, perhaps, prerecorded messages and text-to-speech shortcuts. This initial list covers the basics, but I think it might be missing the mark a bit.

 

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