Not a huge deal, but Google was quick to remove the prank from Gmail, apologizing for inconvenience on their blog. They also said they’re working to bring back replies that anyone might have sent after a mic drop (since the feature muted them), so expect to see some new emails if you used this. Edited the message by adding message recipient(s).Pressed the “Send & Mic Drop” button with no recipients and saw error message.It was rare, but possible to press the regular “Send” button and still Mic Drop if you did the following: We didn’t anticipate accidental clicks: “Send + Mic Drop” was too close to other send buttons (“Send” as well as “Send & Archive”), which caused confusion.Īnd yes there was a bug.
#MINION MIC DROP UPDATE#
In an update to their original blog post announcing the joke, Google not only acknowledged their mistakes, but gave a bullet point list on how they should have done things from the get-go. Google does note that the feature was never turned on for Google Apps business, education or government users, which was smart move. For an April Fools Day prank, Google added a mic drop button to Gmail, which appended a GIF of a minion dropping a microphone to emails, and muted the. Google has abruptly canned an ill-judged April Fools Day prank which saw it briefly introduce a Mic Drop button adjacent to the send button on its Gmail software which. Google says this was rare, but with millions of people all over the planet relying on Gmail to send important documents, files, and correspondence to others, you can see how the joke would be lost on some. Instead of users have to press the “mic drop” button to send the GIF, it was being sent even when using the regular send button. It was funny and although intended to be harmless, the joke has landed Google in hot water after things didn’t exactly go according to plan.
The innocent prank inserted a animated GIF of a Minion doing, what else, but dropping the mic, then muting replies so that you always got the final word.
When it came to the Gmail team, they introduced a new feature called “Mic Drop.” Google has a long history of participating in the day’s festivities, which is usually filled with all sorts of surprises from their individual products and services.
#MINION MIC DROP FULL#
April Fools’ Day is in full swing and with that, we’re seeing more jokes and pranks hit the internet than we can even keep up with.
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