of
Pac-Man In May 2010, on the 30th anniversary of the 1980
arcade game Pac-Man, Google unveiled worldwide their first
interactive logo, a
playable Pac-Man Google Doodle, created in association with
Namco. Anyone who visited Google could play Pac-Man on the logo, which featured the letters of the word
Google on the Pac-Man maze. The logo also mimicked the sounds the original arcade game made. The ''
I'm Feeling Lucky button was replaced with an Insert Coin
button. Pressing this once enabled the user to play the Pac-Man logo. Pressing it again added a second player, Ms. Pac-Man, enabling two players to play at once, controlled using the W, A, S, D keys, instead of the arrows as used by Player 1. Pressing it for a third time performed an I'm Feeling Lucky'' search. It was then removed on May 23, 2010, initially replacing Pac-Man with the normal logo. Later on that day, Google released a permanent site to play Google Pac-Man (accessed by clicking on top icon), due to the popular user demand for the playable logo. Since that time, Google has continued to post occasional interactive and video doodles:
2010s • On June 8, 2010, composer
Robert Schumann was celebrated with a Google Doodle for his 200th birthday. • On September 4, 2010, the Google logo was changed to an interactive Buckyball to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its discovery. The Buckyball, also known as
Buckminsterfullerene , is a molecule made entirely of carbon and shaped like a
geodesic dome. • On September 6, 2010, Google launched its fourth interactive Google Doodle.
Google Instant – Particle Logo replaced its static logo with a
JavaScript-based particle movement simulator where dynamic colored balls can be manipulated with the movement of the mouse cursor over the logo, or by shaking of the browser window. Unlike some other Google Doodles, this one is unclickable. • On September 7, 2010, another Google Instant family logo known as
Keystroke Logo was released. A grayed-out colorless logo lit up with the standard Google colors as the first six letters of a search query were entered. • On October 8, 2010, Google ran its first video doodle, a short animation set to the music of "
Imagine" to mark what would have been
John Lennon's 70th birthday. Similarly,
Freddie Mercury's would-be 65th birthday was celebrated on September 5, 2011, with an animated clip set to "
Don't Stop Me Now". • On April 15, 2011, Google sported the first live-action video doodle, in commemoration of
Charlie Chaplin's 122nd birthday. This doodle was a black and white
YouTube video that, when clicked upon, started playing before redirecting to the usual Google search featuring the doodle's special occasion. All parts in this short film were played by the Google Doodle team, and special behind-the-scenes footage was to be found on the Google blog. • Google displayed an interactive electric guitar doodle starting June 9, 2011, to commemorate the 96th birthday of
Les Paul (d. 2009). Apart from being able to hover the cursor over the doodle to strum the strings just like one of Les Paul's
Gibson guitars, there was also a keyboard button, which when enabled allowed interaction with the doodle via the keyboard. The doodle still maintained some resemblance to the Google logo. In the U.S., the doodle also allowed the user to record a 30-second clip, after which a URL is created and can be sent to others. The doodle remained on the site an extra day due to popularity in the U.S. It now has its own page linked to the Google Doodles archives. • On January 18, 2012, for users in the United States, Google placed a censor bar on top of their logo to
protest SOPA and PIPA. • On May 23, 2012, for what would have been instrument inventor and synthesizer pioneer
Robert Moog's 78th birthday, the Doodle team pulled off their own feat of engineering: a fully playable and recordable Google logo resembling a vintage
Minimoog Model D synthesizer. Electronic analog
Moog Synthesizer timbre and tones would come to define a generation of music, featuring heavily in songs by The Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk and many others. Much like the musical machines Bob Moog created, this doodle was synthesized from a number of smaller components to form a unique instrument. Mouse or computer keyboard was used to control the mini-synthesizer's keys and knobs and fiddle with oscillators and envelopes. Synthesizer doodle patched the keyboard into a 4-track tape recorder that could share songs. • On April 9, 2012, motion picture pioneer
Eadweard Muybridge was celebrated in a Google doodle. • On June 21, 2012, Google celebrated what would have been Soviet singer-songwriter
Viktor Tsoi's 50th birthday with a Google Doodle that shared resemblance with the
Tsoi Wall. • On June 23, 2012, in commemoration of
Alan Turing's 100th birthday, Google's logo became an interactive
Turing Machine. • On August 8, 2012, Google displayed an interactive
Basketball game for the
2012 Summer Olympics. • On September 13, 2012, Google created a doodle for
Clara Schumann to commemorate her 193rd birthday. • On December 10, 2012, Google celebrated computing pioneer
Ada Lovelace. • On January 2, 2013,
Maurice Sendak was celebrated in a Google doodle inspired by his
Where the Wild Things Are and
In the Night Kitchen. • On November 23, 2013, Google's logo changed to a playable
Doctor Who game in honor of the show's 50th anniversary. • On May 19, 2014, for the 40th anniversary of the
Rubik's Cube, Google made an interactive virtual Rubik's Cube that people could try to solve. • On April 14, 2015, for the 155th anniversary of the
Pony Express, Google made a playable 2D
side-scrolling doodle game in which the player collects mail, avoids obstacles, and delivers up to 100 letters from California to Missouri. • On October 1, 2015,
Annie Besant's 168th birthday was commemorated with a Doodle. • On December 17, 2015, a Google Doodle was featured honoring the 245th anniversary of
Beethoven's date of birth. It features an interactive game to match the musical writing in correct order as it featured 4 levels. • On January 22, 2016, for the 151st birthday of
Wilbur Scoville, creator of the
Scoville Scale, Google made a playable doodle game in which the player plays as an ice cream cone throwing ice cream scoops at a variety of peppers to neutralize their heat. Gameplay is based on the timing of a mouse click or space bar press which rapidly increases in difficulty. The game includes 5 levels, each featuring a different type of pepper (Bell Pepper, Jalapeño Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Ghost Pepper, and
Trinidad Moruga scorpion) and a fun fact about the peppers along with their measured Scoville Heat Units. • On August 5, 2016, for the
2016 Summer Olympics, the Google app received an update for Android and iOS devices to include 7 mini games called
Doodle Fruit Games featuring Strawberry, Blueberry, Coconut, Pineapple, and more. It lasted until August 21, with a new mini game every day. The game was accessible on the Google app by clicking on a play button. • On October 30, 2016, for
Halloween, Google added a game series called
Magic Cat Academy, featuring a cat named Momo fighting ghosts. To play, users had to click on a play button, and "draw" to kill the ghosts. • On February 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2017, for
Valentine's Day, Google added a game featuring the endangered
pangolin, an African and Asian mammal, that goes through four levels (one released each day), while collecting objects, and avoiding obstacles. • On 28 February 2017, Google celebrated humanitarian
Edhi with a Google Doodle hailing his "super-efficient" ambulance service. • On May 9, 2017, a Google Doodle was featured honoring the 181st birthday of
Ferdinand Monoyer. He was a French ophthalmologist who in 1872 introduced the
dioptre, the reciprocal of focal length in metres, as a unit for
lens power. Its use greatly simplifies calculations when combining lenses. He devised an eye chart where every row represents a different lens power, from smallest to largest. A close look at the Doodle may reveal to the reader a tribute to Monoyer: his name, hidden in the chart. • On June 22, 2017, to commemorate the 117th birthday of animator
Oskar Fischinger, Google released an interactive fullscreen Doodle that let users create their own animations by tapping on the screen. The user could then choose to share it to social media. The game was accessible by tapping on 2 play buttons. • On August 11, 2017, the 44th anniversary of
DJ Kool Herc's pioneering use of the
hip hop break, the Google Doodle allowed users to use a double
turntable to act as a hip-hop
DJ. • On September 4, 2017, to commemorate the 83rd birthday of Russian baritone singer
Eduard Khil, Google added a video doodle that featured an animated Eduard Khil singing "I am very glad, as I'm finally returning back home", known globally as the "
Trololo" song. • On December 4, 2017, Google celebrated 50 years of kids'
coding languages with an Interactive Doodle. • On December 8, 2017, Google commemorated the 287th birthday of biologist
Jan Ingenhousz with a Doodle. • On January 29, 2018, Google celebrated Taiwanese singer
Teresa Teng on what would have been her 65th birthday. • On May 3, 2018, Google celebrated the work of
Georges Méliès by making a doodle that encompassed his famous work like
A Trip to the Moon and
The Impossible Voyage. The doodle is also the first google doodle that was shown in 360-degrees format, with the viewer being able to rotate the video to give them different points of view. • On May 16, 2018, Google celebrated Polish painter
Tamara de Lempicka. • On June 10, 2018, Google celebrated the history of
garden gnomes by releasing an interactive Doodle where the player can use a catapult to launch their clay gnomes into the furthest reach of their garden. • On September 15, 2018, for
India, Google commemorated Sir
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya's 158th Birthday, on which day India celebrates
Engineer's Day. • On September 21, 2018, a
stop-motion video Google doodle celebrating
Fred Rogers was created in collaboration with Fred Rogers productions, The Fred Rogers center, and BixPix entertainment. • On October 30, 2018, for
Halloween, Google added a multiplayer game called
Great Ghoul Duel, featuring two teams of ghosts racing to collect spirits and steal them from the other team. Games can support up to 8 players, and users could create custom invite links or match with random users across the globe.
Great Ghoul Duel was the first Doodle to support multiplayer over the internet. • On November 6, 2018, for the
United States elections, Google changed their logo to
Go Vote. • On November 11, 2018, Google celebrated the 58th posthumous birthday of
Christy Essien-Igbokwe, who was a Nigerian musician and actress. • On March 7, 2019, Google celebrated
Olga Ladyzhenskaya, a Russian mathematician. • On March 21, 2019, Google celebrated German composer and musician
Johann Sebastian Bach by creating the first Doodle that uses
artificial intelligence to make music. When a button is pressed, the Doodle uses machine learning to harmonize a user-created melody into Bach's signature music style (or alternatively into a Bach 80s rock style hybrid if an
amp on the right side is clicked). • On July 16–20, 2019, Google celebrated the 50th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 Moon landing by NASA where
Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. • On August 12, 2019, for India, Google commemorated
Vikram Sarabhai's 100th birthday. He is internationally regarded as the Father of the Indian Space Program. • On December 9–10, 2019, the interactive Google doodle game celebrated the Mexican card game
Lotería.
2020s • On March 20, 2020, near the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Google honored
Ignaz Semmelweis for pioneering the practice of
hand washing. The Doodle animation specifically showcased how to properly and thoroughly wash one's hands. • Google also released several doodles in the following weeks thanking various industry workers who assisted people during the pandemic. • Some games were re-released for people staying at home during lockdown to play. • On April 22, 2020, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a Doodle game was created in partnership with the Honeybee Conservancy, wherein a honeybee is guided by the player to pollinate flowers, while facts about the honeybee and its impact are shared between levels. • On May 20, 2020, Google celebrated the 61st birthday of
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, who is best known for his rendition of "
Somewhere Over The Rainbow". • On May 21–22, 2020, the interactive Doodle celebrated the
mbira as Zimbabwe's culture week begins. • On June 30, 2020, Google celebrated
Marsha P. Johnson with a Google Doodle. • On September 1, 2020, Google honored
Jackie Ormes, known for being the first African-American woman cartoonist, along with being the creator of the Torchy Brown comic strip and the Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger panel. The Doodle animation showcased a slideshow of her career. • On October 30, 2020, a second installment to the
Magic Cat Academy was made for Halloween. It had a similar gameplay, but a different setting (underwater) and focused on sea creatures such as the
immortal jellyfish and the
anglerfish. • On December 10, 2020, Google celebrated St Lucian economist, professor, and author
W. Arthur Lewis. • On December 20, 2020, Google remembered the last surviving male
Northern white rhinoceros,
Sudan. • On December 30, 2020, Google celebrated Alaska native civil rights champion
Elizabeth Peratrovich, who played an instrumental role in the 1945 passage of the first anti-discrimination law in the United States. • On January 15, 2021, Google honored
James Naismith, the inventor of
basketball. The Doodle animation showcases a person making a basket. • On March 10, 2021, Google honored
Wu Lien-teh, depicting Wu Lien-teh assembling surgical masks and distributing them to reduce the risk of disease transmission. • On April 20, 2021, Google celebrated
Luther Vandross on his 70th birthday with an animated Google Doodle that plays Vandross's song "
Never Too Much". • On June 9, 2021, Google honored
Shirley Temple with an animated depiction of her during her career as a child actress alongside her later service as a diplomat. • On July 23, 2021, Google released an RPG-style game called
Doodle Champion Island Games, with artwork by
Studio 4°C, to celebrate
video gaming,
Japanese folklore, and the
2020 Olympics in Tokyo. • On August 14, 2021, Google made a
doodle of
Derawar Fort to celebrate
Pakistan's 75 Independence Day. According to
Google, the fort symbolizes Pakistani adaptability and antiquity. • On September 5, 2021, Olivia When made a doodle celebrating the 107th birthday of the
Chilean poet
Nicanor Parra, being visible in 15 countries, including
Chile. • On September 6, 2021, Google made a doodle celebrating the 100th birthday of the
Spanish writer
Carmen Laforet, in which she appears reading a book on a balcony. • On September 8, 2021, Google made an 80-second illustrated video celebrating the 32nd birthday of Swedish DJ
Tim Bergling, in which many people are enjoying his song "
Wake Me Up". • On September 15, 2021, Google made five doodles celebrating independence day in various
Central American countries such as
Guatemala,
Honduras,
El Salvador,
Nicaragua and
Costa Rica.
Panama was not included, because its independence date was not September 15. • On September 16, 2021, Magdiel Herrera made a doodle known as
à la Mexicana celebrating
Mexican independence day. It shows a
china poblana, a
pozole, a bell, a hat with a
zarape, a cactus and an
Aztec musician. • On September 17, 2021, Google did a doodle celebrating the birth of
Michiyo Tsujimura, a Japanese biochemist known for her research on green tea and its nutritional benefits. • On September 18, 2021, Google made a doodle from the
Chilean National Holidays shows in the center to a
huemul, an animal representative of both the country and the
national shield. • On September 25, 2021, Google celebrated American actor and activist
Christopher Reeve. • On October 1, 2021, Roxie Vizcarra created a slideshow doodle celebrating US Chicano educator, boxer, poet, and activist
Rodolfo Gonzales. • On November 1, 2021, Google celebrated Zuni native American fiber artist, weaver, and potter the late
We'wha with an interactive doodle. • On November 4, 2021, Google celebrated Chinese-born, British American physicist and educator
Charles K. Kao. • On November 8, 2021, Google celebrated Indian cell biologist
Kamal Ranadive on her 104th birthday. • On November 12, 2021, Google celebrated Dutch painter
Johannes Vermeer, who painted the
Girl with a Pearl Earring in 1665. • On November 14, 2021, Google celebrated the 216th birthday of German pianist and composer
Fanny Hensel. • On November 20, 2021, Google celebrated Creole classical musician and composer
Edmond Dede. • On December 2, 2021, pioneering
pointillist painter
Georges Seurat was celebrated in a Google doodle. • On December 17, 2021, Google celebrated the 315th birthday of French mathematician, translator and physicist
Émilie du Châtelet. • In January 2022, Google created a special Doodle that appears when one searches for the term
Wordle, based on
the online game which had risen to popularity the previous month. The Doodle mimics playing the game
Wordle on the name
Google. • On January 8, 2022, Google celebrated English cosmologist, author, and physicist
Stephen Hawking. • On January 17, 2022, Google celebrated what would have been
Betty White's 100th birthday (she died just weeks earlier on December 31, 2021) by having rose petals fall from the top of the screen and the phrase
thank you for being a friend appear at the bottom when the user searches for her name, both references to her popular television role on
The Golden Girls. • On January 26, 2022, Google celebrated the 124th birthday of Russian born, Polish avant-garde sculptor and art theoretician
Katarzyna Kobro. • On February 9, 2022, Google celebrated athlete
Toni Stone in honor of Black History Month. • On February 17, 2022, Google celebrated Dr.
Michiaki Takahashi's 94th birthday with a doodle showing first the research phase, then a boy with
chickenpox, a doctor giving the chickenpox
vaccine, and ending with bottles of medicine and dots giving a graphical representation of the declining number of cases due to the vaccine. • On March 16, 2022, Google celebrated the 200th birthday of French painter
Rosa Bonheur. • On April 12, 2022, Google celebrated
Montserrat Caballe's 89th birthday. • On April 29, 2022, Google hit all the right notes by celebrating
Toots Thielemans on what would be his 100th birthday. • On April 30, 2022, Google took you to
U.S. Route 66 with a video doodle. • On May 2, 2022, Google celebrated the birthday of the black Canadian American engineer and inventor
Elijah McCoy. • On May 19, 2022, Google celebrated
Stacey Milbern and her legacy with a doodle in honor of Asian Pacific American heritage month on what would have been her 35th birthday. • On May 22, 2022, Google celebrated
The Great Gama in honor of his 144th birthday. • On June 4, 2022, Google celebrated the inspiring life of
Kiyoshi Kuromiya and the legacy of activism he left behind. • On June 6, 2022, Google celebrated
Angelo Moriondo, the man who invented the espresso machine. • On June 17, 2022, Google celebrated British composer, teacher, and opera singer
Amanda Aldridge. • On June 25, 2022, Google honored German diarist
Anne Frank with a slideshow doodle. • On July 6, 2022, Google celebrated the 71st birthday of Native American stand-up comedian
Charlie Hill. • On July 18, 2022, Google celebrated what would have been the 112th birthday of electronic music producer and physicist
Oskar Sala. • On July 26, 2022, Google celebrated the
steelpan with a video doodle. • On July 31 – August 1, 2022, the interactive Google doodle game celebrated
petanque, a beloved French outdoor game played around the world. • On August 23, 2022, Google celebrated the 104th birthday of physicist and meteorologist
Anna Mani. • On September 8, 2022, the date of
Queen Elizabeth II's death, Google established a specialized
grayscale Doodle in the
United Kingdom and certain other
Commonwealth nations, which comprised simply a colorless Google logo and a hyperlink to
Queen Elizabeth II in honor of the late monarch. A dedicated page was established for the Doodle on Google's Doodle archive site, but it was not displayed in the normal listing. • For the date of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on September 19, Google changed the aforementioned grayscale Doodle to
black. This Doodle, as with the grayscale one established on her date of death, was also not displayed in the normal archive listing on Google's Doodle archive site. • On October 11, 2022, Google celebrated the musician and entertainer
Tito Puente. • On October 30–31, 2022, Google re-released the
Great Ghoul Duel multiplayer Doodle from 2018 with additional
maps and
achievements. The game was originally scheduled to be released 2021, but it was delayed due to
server and designing difficulties. • On November 1, 2022, Google celebrated
Indigenous North American stickball in honor of Native American heritage month. • On November 4, 2022, Google celebrated the West African dish
jollof rice. • On November 21, 2022, Google celebrated the life of
Marie Tharp with an interactive doodle. • On November 23, 2022, Google celebrated Mexican American actress
Myrtle Gonzalez. • On December 1–2, 2022, the interactive Google doodle game celebrated the 82nd birthday of
Jerry Lawson, one of the fathers of modern gaming. • On December 12, 2022, Google celebrated the life and innovative work of
Maria Telkes, one of the first pioneers of solar energy. • On December 17, 2022, Google celebrated
Ana Mercedes Hoyos, a distinguished Colombian artist. • On December 19, 2022, Google celebrated 17th century painter
Judith Leyster's work. • On January 29–30, 2023, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated
bubble tea, also known as boba tea and pearl milk tea. • On February 8, 2023, Google celebrated Haitian American model and disability rights advocate
Mama Cax. • On March 15, 2023, Google celebrated
adobo, a way of cooking and a favorite Filipino dish. • On March 19, 2023, Google celebrated the 80th birthday of Mexican chemist
Mario Molina. • On March 22, 2023, Google celebrated French mime artist
Marcel Marceau. • On March 24, 2023, Google celebrated the 77th birthday of
Kitty O'Neil, once crowned the fastest woman in the world. • On March 28, 2023, Google celebrated
Justine Siegemund, a midwife who dared to challenge patriarchal attitudes in the 17th century. • On April 30, 2023, to commemorate 36 years since his first leading role in theatre, Google celebrated the life of British actor
Alan Rickman. • On May 5, 2023, Google celebrated the life and work of Chinese American photographer, journalist, and activist
Corky Lee. • On May 7, 2023, Google celebrated the 190th birthday of German composer and pianist
Johannes Brahms. • On May 20–21, 2023, the interactive Google doodle celebrated
Lake Xochimilco, a natural lake near
Mexico City, Mexico. • On May 22, 2023, Google celebrated
Barbara May Cameron, a photographer, poet, writer, and activist. • On June 9, 2023, the Google doodle video celebrated
Willi Ninja, an iconic dancer and choreographer known as the Godfather of Voguing. • On June 10, 2023, Google celebrated
scones, an afternoon tea treat in the United Kingdom. • On June 20, 2023, Google celebrated the Polish sculptor and artist
Magdalena Abakanowicz. • On July 12–13, 2023, the interactive Google doodle game celebrated the Indian street food
Panipuri, also widely known as golgappa. • On July 16, 2023, Google celebrated Indian American artist and printmaker
Zarina Hashmi. • On July 17, 2023, Google celebrated the 204th birthday of American scientist and women's rights activist
Eunice Newton Foote with a slideshow doodle. • On August 4, 2023, Google celebrated the life of
Altina Schinasi, an American artist, designer, and inventor. • On September 15, 2023, Google celebrated Guatemalan American labor organizer, journalist, and activist
Luisa Moreno. • On September 27, 2023, Google celebrated its 25th anniversary by showing a unique doodle that chronicles the evolution of the
Google logo from 1997 to the present, ending with the current logo having the two "o"s in the logo turning into the numbers 25 in reference to Google's 25th anniversary, stylized as
G25gle. • On September 29, 2023, Google celebrated the 89th birthday of psychologist
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. • On September 30, 2023, Google celebrated deaf French educator and intellectual
Ferdinand Berthier. • On October 2, 2023, Google celebrated the
Appalachian Trail with a slideshow doodle. • On October 17, 2023, Google celebrated the 118th birthday of Mexican American media pioneer, broadcaster, and community activist
Raoul A. Cortez. • On October 20, 2023, Google celebrated the 122nd birthday of jazz singer
Adelaide Hall in honor of UK black history month. • On October 31, 2023, Google celebrated
Halloween by showcasing a Halloween slideshow poem. • On November 3, 2023, Google celebrated Chiricahua Apache sculptor, painter, and book illustrator
Allan Houser. • On November 21, 2023, Google celebrated Chinese Australian surgeon
Victor Chang. • On March 7, 2024, Google celebrated what would have been Mexican singer
Lola Beltrán's 92nd birthday in an animated doodle. • On March 11, 2024, Google celebrated the
flat white, a beloved coffee drink of steamed milk poured over a shot of espresso. • On April 8, 2024, Google celebrated the
Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. • On April 15, 2024, Google celebrated the life and legacy of Lebanese American writer
Etel Adnan. • On April 20, 2024, Google celebrated the start of the 2024
NBA playoffs. • On May 1, 2024, Google celebrated Indian American poet
Meena Alexander. • On May 14, 2024, Google celebrated the start of the 28th
WNBA season. • On May 16, 2024, Google celebrated the 81st birthday of activist
Hank Adams. • On May 23, 2024, Google celebrated
chilaquiles, the beloved Mexican dish that has made its way into homes around the world. • On June 6, 2024, Google celebrated Chicana activist, feminist, and author
Jeanne Cordova in honor of pride month. • On June 10, 2024, Google celebrated the
Dragon Boat Festival. • On June 20, 2024, Google kicked off the
Conmebol Copa America 2024 as the 48th installment of the
Copa América Series. • On August 19, 2024, Google celebrated Welsh poet and deaf activist
Dorothy Miles. • On September 9, 2024, Google celebrated
S'more with a slideshow doodle. • On September 19, 2024, Google celebrated Cuban American silent film actor and activist
Emerson Romero in honor of Hispanic heritage month. The doodle was canceled on September 15, 2024. • On September 25–26, 2024, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated
popcorn. • On October 19, 2024, Google celebrated the
staurikosaurus, one of the oldest dinosaurs ever discovered • On October 24, 2024, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated October's final
half moon phase. • On October 30–31, 2024, a third installment to the
Magic Cat Academy was made for Halloween. It also had similar gameplay, but a different setting (space) and focused across the layers of the atmosphere. • On November 15, 2024, Google celebrated the
kayak in honor of Native American heritage month. • On November 21, 2024, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated November's final
half moon phase. • On November 28, 2024, Google celebrated the American holiday of
Thanksgiving. • On December 16, 2024, Google celebrated the Independence Day of
Kazakhstan. • On December 22, 2024, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated December's final
half moon phase. • On January 23, 2025, the interactive Google Doodle game celebrated January's final
half moon phase. • On February 1, 2025, Google celebrated
house music in honor of Black History Month. • On February 6, 2025, Google celebrated
gumbo, a dish that might blur the lines between soup and stews, but has become a staple in Louisiana's cuisine. • On June 1, 2025, Google celebrated
hyperpop in honor of pride month. • On September 15, 2025, Google celebrated
salsa music in honor of Hispanic heritage month. • On September 27, 2025, Google celebrated its 27th anniversary with a doodle that uses the 1998 version of the Google logo in place of the current logo. • On October 30–31, 2025, the night before Halloween, a doodle featuring the Pac-Man game was revealed, but this time with Halloween motifs. • On November 1, 2025, a Google doodle was made celebrating Native American
flutes during Native American heritage month. • On April 27, 2026, a Google doodle was made commemerating
Freedom Day in
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