Angry Birds Transformers generated characters to assist in a level for a limited time. Coins may be collected either during runs, popping pigs and/or simply by waiting and collecting coins that generate over time from freed areas. Some levels or features can be only unlocked when the player has upgraded enough Transformers to level 15. The game is the fourth game in the franchise to be compatible with Angry Birds' Telepods, a toy line that is also used in other "Angry Birds" games such as: "Angry Birds Star Wars II", "Angry Birds Go", and "Angry Birds Stella". When using Telepods, it can summon
Angry Birds (video game) in "Angry Birds Rio" and the introduction of the orange bird that first appeared in "Angry Birds Seasons". The update was later released for Android and Microsoft Windows. The eighth update was released initially to iOS on March 20, 2012 in a lead-up to the release of "Angry Birds Space". The new update included an animated tutorial, enhanced gameplay, all new UI graphics, and the first 15 levels of "Surf and Turf," the "Angry Birds Facebook"-exclusive episode (see below), another 15 levels were added later, with the iOS version receiving the power-ups first seen in the Facebook version. On October