Here's the Android 15 Easter egg and how you can see it yourself

Whenever Google launches a new version of the Android operating system, it likes to sneak in a fun little Easter egg. These Android Easter eggs usually take the form of a bite-sized game (like the full-on Flappy Bird clone in Android 5.0) or a tool that relates to some major feature of the new OS version (like Cat Controls in Android 11). Today, we’re going over the Android 15 easter egg, how it works, and how you can access it.

What’s the Android 15 Easter egg?

In the world of Android, Easter eggs are hidden features. These are normally not essential for using your device. Instead, they are fun software treats you can hunt for, and get a giggle out of. In the case of Android, Google always adds an Easter egg, and it’s always accessible using the same process, which we’ll go over in the next section.

While the spaceship Easter egg in Android 15 update is largely unchanged from the one on Android 14, it does have one tiny change: Your ship now plants a flag on any planets you land on. We’ve documented what the Android 14 Easter egg does before. if you’re interested.

How do I find the Android 15 Easter egg?

Finding the Android 15 Easter egg is very easy, but you have to know where to look. Just follow these steps on an Android 15 handset:

1. Launch the Settings app.
2. Go into About phone.
3. Tap on Android version, which will show the number “15”.
4. Repeatedly tap on the Android version field.
5. You should see the Android 15 logo floating in space.
6. Finally, press and hold on to the Android 15 logo for a few seconds until the spaceship game launches. You should see the logo move and feel your phone vibrate as the stars in the background whiz past.

These steps work for stock Android/Pixel UI. The exact steps to find the “Android version” field will differ on other devices, but the method to launch the Easter egg will be the same.

What the Android 15 Easter egg does

Basically, you pilot a ship while looking for celestial bodies orbiting a star, strewn across the vast expanse of space. You can tap on the screen to control the direction of the ship, or you can tap and drag your finger to change its velocity. Your ship’s position and velocity are overlaid at the bottom left of the screen, while information relating to the closest star is overlaid at the top left.

There is no way to win at Android 14’s spaceship game, but you can fly around until you find all the celestial bodies orbiting the star at the center (0,0). When you find a celestial body while playing the game on Android 14, the “BODIES” counter in the top left is incremented by 1. However, apart from the green line that shows your ship’s path, there’s nothing on the celestial body itself indicating that you’ve been there, and that’s no fun.

Fortunately, Android 15 rectifies this by planting a yellow flag on any celestial bodies that you’ve landed on. It’s an admittedly tiny change to the spaceship Easter egg, but one that’s delightfully in line with the theme of the game, which is exploration.

Speaking of which, if you’re wondering why the Android 14 Easter egg is what it is, take a look at Android 14’s logo:

The logo features Android’s iconic droid mascot upside down as if it were a celestial body. This is a homage to the Apollo 14 mission patch, explaining why the Easter egg centers on space.