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,” Google wrote in a statement on its blog. “Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. In light of the backlash, Google quickly scrubbed the feature from Gmail and issued an apology. I just woke up to a very angry voicemail from her which is how I found out about this ‘hilarious’ prank.” If used, the feature also prevented the sender from seeing any subsequent replies that the recipient sent. My boss took offense to the Mic Drop animation and assumed that I didn’t reply to her because I thought her input was petty (hence the Mic Drop). Google introduced a 'mic drop' feature to Gmail on Apas an April Fools Day joke, allowing users to send a GIF of a Minion dropping a microphone as a reply to any email. There were corrections that needed to be made on my articles and I never received her replies.
I inadvertently sent the email using the ‘Mic Drop’ send button. I sent my articles to my boss and never heard back from her. “I am a writer and had a deadline to meet. “Thanks to Mic Drop I just lost my job,” the Gmail user wrote in Google’s help forum. One of the worst stories to come from the mic drop involved a writer. Many people who use Gmail for work found themselves accidentally hitting the prank button, and ending up in hot water with employers. Unfortunately, the Gmail Mic Drop was not received with as many laughs as the Google team had anticipated. Yes, even if folks try to respond, you won’t see it.” Everyone will get your message, but that’s the last you’ll ever hear about it. Simply reply to any email using the new ‘Send + Mic Drop’ button. Google added, “Today, Gmail is making it easier to have the last word on any email with Mic Drop. Or maybe you just nailed it, and there’s nothing more to say (bam).” “Or those times when someone’s seeking group approval, but your opinion is the only one that matters (amirite?). Like those heated threads at work, when everyone’s wrong except you (obviously),” Google said in its announcement about the prank. “Email’s great, but sometimes you just wanna hit the eject button. Additionally, it disabled anyone from replying to the person who “dropped the mic.” To celebrate April Fool’s, Google launched “Gmail Mic Drop.” The special, one-day feature provided a secondary “send” button, which, when hit, would add a GIF of a Despicable Me minion clad as a king dropping a microphone to the end of one’s email.
Google advises users to refresh Gmail if they’re still seeing the “Send + Mic Drop” button.Google had to disable one of its April Fool’s Day jokes after Gmail users complained that the prank was far from harmless. “Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs.
#GOOGLE MIC DROP GIF UPDATE#
“Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year,” the company said in an update on its Gmail blog. Google received lots of other complaints just like this one, so shortly after its new “feature” went live, it was pulled. I tried to resend it without that, but it was too late.” I completely did not mean to, and I realised what had happened after the fact. “I sent out an important email to 30 recipients and I inadvertently clicked the ‘Mic Drop’ Send. “April fools jokes are great fun but not when they affect my business correspondence,” wrote one user on the Google Product forum. WHAT A HARMLESS APRIL FOOL'S JOKE, WHAT COULD GO WRONG /Maw8a6VUSA The mockup below demonstrates a worst case scenario. The problem is, some users started hitting that “Send + Mic Drop” button accidentally out of habit and sent the GIF to bosses, colleagues, and other people they’d rather not to upset. “Everyone will ger your message, but that’s the last you’ll ever hear about it,” Google said.
The idea seems pretty humorous Google swapped Gmail’s “Send + Archive” button with a “Send + Mic Drop” button, which embedded the GIF above into their reply.
#GOOGLE MIC DROP GIF TORRENT#
The Gmail stunt, which automatically inserted a “mic drop” GIF into users’ emails as they were sent, was greeted by a torrent of complaints and labeled inappropriate. One of Google’s April Fools’ Day pranks was so unpopular with users that the company was forced to pull it just hours after it rolled out. Gmail “Mic Drop” didn’t go down as well as Google hoped.
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