Each release of a new version of Android comes with a series of traditions under the arm, even if some have been abandoned; For example, Google no longer names sweets, although they are still used internally, as Android 14 development shows.
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Another long-awaited tradition for fans was the unveiling of a new statue at Google’s offices, usually based on the Android mascot. For example, in Android 8.0 Oreo, the statue was an Oreos “superhero”. This public unveiling event no longer takes place, but that doesn’t mean the tradition of the statue has been abandoned.
The android statue 13
The only thing that has changed with this tradition is the method by which the statue was presented to the public. In the current global situation, only big events like Google I/O can justify the presence of the public, so Google made the leap to augmented reality.
Indeed, now anyone can “mount” the statue of Android 13 at home, at least virtually. It’s something they’ve already done with Android 12, and now they’re repeating the experience with the new version.
The Android 13 statue in the web browser
To see the Android 13 statue, we just have to visit the official Android 13 page. From there we already have a 3D view of the statue, which we can move directly from the browser. In addition, this 3D view is also available if we visit from a computer.
The really interesting thing is to test the augmented reality view, which only works if we visit the page from our mobile. Then we will see a new button called “View in 3D”, which when pressed will launch an augmented reality experience using the cameras of our mobile. The mobile will be able to place the statue on any surface, in the size we want, and we can move it or make it larger or smaller as we wish.
The easter egg is a list of translations for “thirteen” in various languages
This year’s statue is inspired by a swing, with the number 13 as a chair and the horizontal bar that supports it; At the top, the Android mascot could not be missing. It looks pretty simple, but if you look closely there is a little ‘easter egg’. If we rotate the statue with our fingers, either in the 3D view or on the web page, we will see that the swing has the word “thirteen” engraved in several languages. It’s not that it’s the most exciting thing in the world, but it’s a curious detail.
