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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

Google delights fans with sparkly special effect for Barbie movie: ‘This is so cute’

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The devil works hard, but the Barbie movie’s marketing team works harder. Now, search engine Google has got on board ahead of the live-action film’s hotly anticipated release on Friday 21 July.

This week, fans noticed that if they typed in the term “Barbie” into the search engine, they were treated to a visual feast of pink sparkles. The screen will also change into a pink hue and some of the text and icons on the search page will turn pink.

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