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Harry Potter is one of the biggest and best known franchise of books and movies ever. Hundreds of Millions of viewers and readers around the world are in love with the magical world of Hogwarts and Harry Potter. This includes us at Gtricks too! It’s been quite some time since the last book in the series came out but we’re still under the spell. Here’s a really cool Google Assistant Easter Egg which will allow you to cast a set of spells from Harry Potter books.
Turning on your Google Assistant and saying ‘Lumos’ will turn on your flashlight. This is a pretty popular spell in the Harry Potter books which has been used by almost all prominent characters at some point of time. Be it for reading a book in the dark, or while running away in the dark woods, Lumos has been a spell which has helped Harry, Ron and Hermione a number of times, and you too can cast it from your phones now.
Interestingly, similar to the books where the characters say ‘Nox’ to turn the light off, you can say ‘Nox’ to your Google Assistant to turn the flashlight off. This is truly a cool Easter Egg in the Google Assistant – a tribute to the Harry Potter books and movies.
The word Lumos has roots in the Latin word ‘Lumen’ which means light. Similarly, the word ‘Nox’ means night or darkness. Both these spells have been used in the Harry Potter books and movies numerous times. While you can always select flashlight from the phone or from the quick access menu, this is a cool Easter Egg.
As of now you cannot use your phone to cast any other charms or spells, but keep practicing your spells daily – who knows what your phones might be able to do soon. For the record, it’s pronounced Wingardium Levi-o-sa!
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One of the most irritating and annoying feelings that you tend to face as a computer user is when there’s a hair on your display. You can now prank your friends that there’s a hair on screen! This has been made possible with the help of a Google Chrome extension which places a small, thin line on your display, making you feel like there’s a hair on your screen.
Can you spot the hair on screen here?
However, this hair won’t go no matter how hard you rub your display. It for a while but it becomes really visible and starts to obstruct your view when you’re on a white background. Many users have the willpower to simply ignore it and keep working. However many users (such as me) have as strong OCD when it comes to computer displays and I can’t really function till that hair is removed.
We all love to pull pranks on our friends. While sometimes people tend to take offence on pranks, some pranks are really harmless and fun to do. For instance, you can install the Hair on Screen Google Chrome extension on your friends’ PC and they’d keep wondering why this piece of hair won’t go.
The extension will now be added and it will appear on the top right corner of the browser, next to the URL bar. You can right-click on the extension button to add more hair or to randomize the position of the hair on the screen. After you’re done setting it up you can right click on the Hair on Screen extension button and hide it!
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