{
  "id": 13203526,
  "title": "Here’s how to unlock your Googlebook’s secret light show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/heres-how-to-unlock-your-googlebooks-secret-light-show",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-09T20:33:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-find-glowbar-disco-app-googlebook-3721552/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Googlebooks' hidden Glowbar Disco app has finally been discovered, allowing users to customize their laptop's light strip with colors, animations, and music-synced effects. The app, which adds a splash of color to the lid and serves practical purposes like indicating battery status and Gemini activity, had its existence previously hinted at but not revealed in detail. Google Unboxed has now shared the steps to access the app, which is tucked away in the system settings rather than the app launcher. For users new to the process, the new instructions make it easy to locate and open Glowbar Disco on their Googlebooks.",
  "summary": "The hidden Glowbar Disco app is surprisingly easy to find once you know where to look.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}