Chrome Racer
mobile game

Racer is a browser-based, multiplayer slot car game that drives the track-gripping action (and a thumping darksynth soundtrack) across multiple mobile device screens.

Line up your phones and tablets to create a race track across up to five screens. No apps. No downloads. Just start a race, sync up and tap your screens to rev your engines. Grab some friends and visit g.co/racer in your mobile browser to play now.

Introducing Racer: A Chrome experiment.

Our behind the scenes video, The Making of Racer: A Chrome Experiment.

Chrome Racer unveiled during the Google I/O keynote on 15 May 2013, complete with a live demo using five disparate mobile devices. Our Racer team watched the live stream from an adjacent annex, chewing our fingers off hoping everything went smoothly. It did.

Check back soon for an updated version of this case study.

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Awards, press, notables

Cannes Lions. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” awarded a Gold Cannes Lion for “Creative Use Of Technology” in the “Innovative Technology for Mobile” category. June 2014
Cannes Lions. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” awarded a Bronze Cannes Lion for “Games” in the “Services” category. June 2014
Webby Awards. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” nominated for Social Gaming in the Apps & Software category. May 2014
The FWA. “Racer: A Chrome Experiments” wins FWA’s Mobile Site of the Day for 24 June 2013. June 2013
Google Developers Blog. Race across screens and platforms, powered by the mobile web. June 2013
The FWA. “Racer: A Chrome Experiments” wins FWA’s Cutting Edge Award. June 2013
Adweek. Google’s new Chrome games are a dream come true. Is that a good thing? May 2013
PC Magazine. Chrome Experiments bring Skeeball, slot-car racing to the browser. May 2013
LA Times. Google releases new racing game playable with mobile Chrome browser. May 2013
Google Chrome Blog. Roll across platforms and race across screens with two new Chrome Experiments. May 2013
Gizmodo. Bored This Thursday Afternoon? Try Google’s Awesome Little Slot Racer. May 2013
Spin Magazine. Stream Giorgio Moroder’s Disco Symphony for Google’s Mobile Racing Game. May 2013
The Verge. Google Chrome Racer experiment connects Android and iOS devices for multiplayer gaming. May 2013
CNN Money. Chrome Racer: Google's coolest demo was also its least important. May 2013
Pitchfork. Giorgio Moroder Shares New Track “Racer.” May 2013
Stereogum. Giorgio Moroder—“Racer”. May 2013
Mashable. ‘Racer’ in Chrome Creates a Track Across Devices May 2013
CNet. Play Google’s Chrome Racer game across multiple screens. May 2013
TechCrunch. Live From The Google I/O 2013 Keynote. May 2013
Premiered at Google I/O 2013 as a featured segment of Sundar Pichai’s keynote presentation, including a live on-stage demo. May 2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office. US Patent US20150212786A1: Multiplayer game for display across multiple devices. May 2013

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