Facebook has ANOTHER hidden game, and here's how to play it
FACEBOOK is celebrating Euro 2016 with an addictive new game, hidden inside one of its most popular apps. Here's how to find it.
There is a new game hidden inside Facebook Messenger – and it's very addictive
There is a new game hidden inside Facebook Messenger – and it's very addictive.
Facebook has tucked a new football-themed video game into its hugely-successful cross-platform messenger.
The game is a version of Keepie Uppie, with players asked to tap the on-screen football to keep it in the air. And it's not as easy as it sounds.
To jump onboard and enjoy a piece of the action all you need to do is update your Messenger app to the latest version and send a football emoji to one of your contacts.
Once the message has sent, tap on the football to play. This is not the first time Facebook has an addictive time wasting mini-game in its app.
The game is a version of Keepie Uppie, with players asked to tap the on-screen football
The social network recently revealed that the classic game of chess had been sneaked into its messaging service and sending a basketball emoji also reveals some hidden fun.
Google is known for hiding addictive games into its popular products, including an endless dinosaur running game in the Google Chrome web browser.
The endless running game is now available on desktop and Android.
The news comes as Google confirmed its data-shrinking algorithm Brotli could speed up your internet browsing – and save you money.
Google's latest game is frustrating and addictive in equal parts
The clever algorithm is some 20 to 26 per cent more efficient than its compression predecessor, dubbed Zopfli.
Google claims Brotli is a "whole new data format" that can squeezes in more data than other compression formats – but decompress the information at comparable speeds.
That means your Chrome web browser will load pages much, much faster.
And as more data is being compressed – mobile users can expect to use less mobile data as they browse the web.
That'll save you from racking up any extra charges from your carrier if you go over your monthly data limit.
Google also claims the move from Zopfli, which rolled out some three years ago, to Brotli will help battery life, too.
It will allow “additional benefits to mobile users, such as lower data transfer fees and reduced battery use," the US search firm confirmed.