Google Gravity
Nothing here is fixed in place. Pick up the logo, swing it in a circle and release it mid-arc, and it keeps the speed you gave it until it hits the floor.
What Is Google Gravity?
Google Gravity is a search page with the floor switched on. Every part of the interface, the logo, the search field, the tab row, the result blocks and the footer links, becomes a solid object that falls, tumbles and stacks up along the bottom edge.
Two details make it worth more than one look. You can still type in the search box after it has landed upside down, and you can throw things hard enough to make them bounce off the walls. Turning on bouncy mode raises how much energy each object keeps on impact, which is the setting people are after when they search for bouncy google or the google bouncy logo.
How Google Gravity Started
It began in 2009 as a browser physics demo by an independent developer who wanted to show what JavaScript could do with a familiar layout. Collapsing the most recognisable page on the internet was the point: everyone knows where the pieces are meant to sit, so seeing them in a heap reads instantly.
The demo was copied and reworked constantly, which is where the rest of the family came from. Point the same force at a moving centre and you get the google gravity black hole. Flip the sign and the page rises instead, which is floating google. Add buoyancy and drift and you have google underwater, sometimes listed as google gravity water.
How to Use Google Gravity
- Press drop the page and wait for everything to settle in the pile.
- Drag a block to the top of the frame and let go from a standstill for a clean fall.
- Flick sideways instead of dropping. The throw speed carries into the bounce.
- Switch bouncy mode on before you shake, so nothing comes to rest.
- Press put it back when you want the layout returned to normal.
A quick trick: stack two or three result blocks against the left wall, then shake. The pile behaves like dice in a cup, which is closer to a physics toy than a search page.
FAQs
Does google gravity still work?
Yes. It needs nothing beyond a modern browser, so it runs on a laptop, a phone or a Chromebook without any setup.
What is a google gravity roll?
It is the collapse combined with a spin. Run do a barrel roll first and let the page tip over once the rotation finishes.
Can I break the layout permanently?
No. Refresh the page and every piece is back in position. Nothing is saved and nothing leaves your browser.
Which version should I try next?
The black hole is the most aggressive, the float is the calmest, and the rest are listed with the other google easter eggs.
