Google opens up Santa Tracker with new games, Android Wear support….
Google is beginning its annual countdown to Christmas with its latest Santa Tracker website.
Tracking Santa’s route won’t actually start until Christmas Eve but Google updated its Santa-tracking website, Chrome extension and Android app with new games and features to help tide us over in the meantime.
The new Santa’s Village has the same countdown timer of years past but adds a host of new features. A new game or activity is unlocked each day Advent Calendar-style, including old favorites like reindeer racing and present parachute drops but also new educational games like coding tutorials, geography games and history lessons about Christmas traditions around the globe.
The games and activities are available on the web and within the Santa Tracker Android app. Users can also take advantage of the Santa Tracker Chrome extension or play games on their TVs with a Chromecast.
It also appears Android Wear integration is on the list of this year’s updates so users can track Santa from their wrists as well as tablets and phones.
“The developer elves have been busy, so check out the chrome extension and keep a watch out for Santa surprises throughout the month,” the company hinted in its blog. And a closer look at the Android app update notes reveals that Android Wear support was indeed added in the update, though it’s not yet clear what the Android Wear integration will look like.
Source – mashable