RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Google is celebrating the start of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro with a new Doodle that features fruit competing for Olympic gold.
Released Friday, visiting Google's homepage will treat users to an animated short in which a fruit stand comes alive with strawberries, coconuts and various berries who then begin a series of Olympic style decathlons.
After its conclusion, the internet giant reveals to users that the activities shown in the clip can be played as part of a free mobile game entitled Doodle Fruit Games that is available on the Google App.
Current titles available include a biking game using a coconut, tennis with a pineapple and the main feature, a strawberry foot race in which users are trying to avoid a giant, steamrolling watermelon. Google is also promising more updates to the Doodle Fruit Game which will release throughout the Summer Games.
"Today marks the season opener of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games! For the next couple of weeks, we'll journey to an otherwise unassuming fruit stand in Rio, where produce from all over the market competes for the title of freshest fruit. To play along, get the latest Google app on Android or iOS, and tap the Doodle," Google noted.
