Google Search has a new 'Squid Game' Easter egg

Squid Game Season 2 is finally out on Netflix, kicking off a fresh round of deadly playground games. To mark the release, Google Search has added a new Squid Game Easter egg allowing users to play a mini Red Light, Green Light game in their browser.

To access the Easter egg, simply use Google Search to look up "Squid Game" on either desktop or your phone's web browser. A brown card with a circle, triangle, and square on it will appear at the bottom of your screen. Just click or tap on it to start the game.

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Google's Squid Game Easter egg is rather straightforward, and decidedly less stressful than the series' life-or-death games. An animated version of Young-hee, the giant doll from Squid Game's Red Light, Green Light game will appear at the top of your screen. Flanked by two masked guards, Young-hee will face a row of six people in green tracksuits along the bottom of the screen. These people will move forward when you press the blue "O" button, and stop when you click the red "X" button. 

The goal is to move them toward Yong-hee when her back is turned, and stop when she is looking at them. As in Squid Game, Yong-hee sings the Korean phrase "무궁화꽃이 피었습니다" while facing away from the players, providing an audio cue for when to hit that red button.

Unlike the Netflix series, the hapless participants in Google's Squid Game Easter egg aren't gunned down if Yong-hee catches them out. Instead they turn around and safely leave the arena, keeping Google's game much more family-friendly.