{"id":1854,"date":"2015-05-20T16:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T23:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2015-05-20T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T23:38:39","slug":"google-tone-for-chrome-lets-you-share-links-with-a-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Google Tone for Chrome lets you share links with a sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=1855]<\/p>\n<p>Google may be a massive billion dollar company, but it\u2019s still a place where weird ideas can come to fruition. Case in point: Google Tone, a new Chrome extension that lets you share a link with anyone nearby using the speakers in your computer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tone was actually developed by chance at Google, but it quickly caught on and now it\u2019s getting a public release. Once you download it and turn it on you\u2019ll see a small megaphone show up in the top right corner of your browser. Click it to share whatever URL you currently have open with anyone else who\u2019s also using Tone.<\/p>\n<p>Google researchers\u00a0Alex Kauffmann and\u00a0Boris Smus note that Tone is\u00a0a great tool for\u00a0pranking your friends and coworkers. However, it\u2019s also a pretty clever way to work as a group during meetings or study sessions.\u00a0Sharing a link with everyone in the room instantly over audio is a lot easier than sending an instant message or even using a group chat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also very private. The sound won\u2019t pass through walls, so only the people in the room will be able to access your link. Google admits that\u00a0not every laptop will work with Tone every time. However, it\u2019s very easy to resend a link if it doesn\u2019t work at first.<\/p>\n<p>Hit the source link below to try Tone for yourself, though you\u2019ll need at least one friend to actually send your links to.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google Tone\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_FT6u2JDGyY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<article id=\"content\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/google-tone\/nnckehldicaciogcbchegobnafnjkcne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHROME WEB STORE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/google-tone\/nnckehldicaciogcbchegobnafnjkcne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOOGLE RESEARCH BLOG<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"article-end\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=1855] Google may be a massive billion dollar company, but it\u2019s still a place where weird ideas can come to fruition. Case in point: Google Tone, a new Chrome extension that lets you share a link with anyone nearby using the speakers in your computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-internet","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}