If you are still seeing it, please reload your Gmail page". Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs. "Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. The company issued an apology in a blog post: Google keeps the laughs coming! 24 more hours to go! /6WOjjGiZS4įollowing the public outcry, Google quickly announced that it was removing the "Mic Drop" feature. Gmail adds the GIF even when clicking the normal "Send" button. After realizing what she sent: "I was mortified." /ObyPMpJ94M This woman sent a prayer request to 50 friends and family.
Today, Gmail is making it easier to have the last word on any email with Mic Drop. However, according to Next Web, this feature is nothing but a prank from Google on April fool’s day. Unfortunately, many people inadvertently included the GIF on emails. Google added an option to include an animated GIF of a Minion dropping the mica cocky way the cool kids emphasize that they’ve had the last word and won the battle. Strange, none of these people seem to share the Gmail team's sense of humor. Internet giant Google rolled out send + drop the mic feature for its users that will let them have the last word in a tense and unwanted conversation. Google is in hot water with Gmail users after a relatively harmless April Fool’s Day prank went awry. The damage from this prank is just getting started. Worse again, a bug meant many hitting the actual "send" button instead got the hilarious "Mic Drop" option.ĭesigner Andy Baio took umbrage at the jape and began cataloguing the chaos that ensued:Ĭhanging sent email like that without confirmation is an incredible betrayal of trust. Unfortunately, the button's proximity to the standard "send" led to many people accidentally hitting it on serious emails.
Rather than a mere joke announcement, the company actually rolled out the function.
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