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Video: Japanese Googlers make a choir of 300 Android phones sing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy

Published Feb 12th, 2015 8:45PM EST

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If you think American Google engineers are wacky, just wait until you see what Googlers in Japan come up with. Google Japan has posted a new video made by Japanese Google employees in which they set up more than 300 different Android devices as a virtual choir to sing the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

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Why did they do this, you ask? There’s no apparent reason other than it was a cool idea. The phones, which each have their own individual Android cartoon avatars that sing along, aren’t exactly going to give the Tanglewood Festival Chorus a run for their money, but this is still very fun to watch, even though the Japanese Googlers inexplicably decided to add a third-rate hip-hop beat to Beethoven’s masterwork.

Check out the whole thing below.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.