Google announced a new and interesting feature to Android users and to those who never really got over missing out on Hogwarts. The company recently launched new apps and features for its products to coincide with "Fantastic Beasts" and "Where To Find Them." The film prequel to the Harry Potter series hits in theaters on November 18.
Engage the Google voice assistant, either by saying "OK Google" or pressing the microphone icon in the search bar, and certain Latin spells such as "Lumos" and "Nox", which can turn the flashlight on and off, or "Silencio" that silences notifications and the ringer.
According to CNN, Android users can interact with the world of "Fantastic Beasts" on Google Street View. A virtual reality app for Google's Daydream View allows users to wave a wand to look for escaped magical creatures. Google also launched the wizarding VR feature last October, the same time it launched the Daydream view. The device will, too, go on sale this month.
Google (GOOG) takes you on digital adventures from the point of view of the film's main character, "magizoologist" Newt Scamander. This allows you to have a glimpse of his magical world a Street View set in 1926 New York.
Famous locales from the film like MACUSA (Magical Congress of the USA), Steen National Bank, The Blind Pig, and Tina and Queenie Goldstein's apartment are also shown in Street View. Google announced the magical offerings in a post on Tuesday, and said YouTube creators will be debuting "Fantastic Beasts" content all month, as well.
Meanwhile, Telegraph adds that this isn't the first movie tie-up that Google has done, although the spells are by far the coolest feature. During the run up of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" last year, the company introduced a Jedi lightsaber game as well as skinning several of Google's services with Star Wars icons.
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