Update August 24th, 3:05 PM ET: Added info from Google.
You may not be seeing the mask on the froggy just yet, though– the frog wasnt wearing one for some users on Reddit this weekend. Google informs The Verge the mask on the frog will be presented globally by the end of the day today to Android users.
If you look for something COVID-19-related on Google, youll see an “SOS Alert,” which shows news posts, information about the coronavirus, where you can get evaluated, and more. When they might have been exposed to somebody with the coronavirus, the business has likewise teamed up with Apple on a direct exposure notice system to assist notify individuals.
If you check in on Googles adorable frog mascot that accompanies search results for weather in the Google app on Android, you may see that the froggy is using a mask, as very first observed by some Reddit users over the weekend (by means of 9to5Google).
The froggy is still doing things it did prior to using a mask, such as hanging up clothes, walking through a field, or riding a bike, and now it may also be wearing among many different masks, as discovered by Verge staffers and seen in screenshots on Reddit and 9to5Google.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using a mask in public settings to assist decrease the spread of COVID-19, and putting a mask on the frog appears to be an effort by Google to help motivate individuals to wear masks while outside. (There is no proof that frogs can spread out COVID-19, a minimum of that Im mindful of, so Im thinking these images are targeted towards human beings.).
