Apple subtly rickrolled everyone and it’s hilarious

Buried on the Apple support site, there’s a page walking new Apple Watch owners through the social features of the wearable.

Until today, nobody noticed a tiny little joke buried on the friend screen demonstration: a rick roll.

It’s spelled out backwards where the initials of your friends are usually shown on the Watch — NEVER GONNA GIVE YU UP — which appears when you push the button on the side of the device.

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The page was last modified on September 16, for the launch of WatchOS 2, so it was likely quietly added then. It’s fun to see Apple has a great sense of humor, even in its documentation.

We also found another rick roll on a separate support page for the iPhone, where it shows Never Gonna Give You Up playing in the iPhone control center.

Here’s our best explanation of why Apple added the jokes — we think it makes total sense.

Spotted via Reddit