Google’s April Fools’ Day prank has backfired, as Gmail Mic Drop caused more tears than laughter. Google is known for taking April Fools’ really really seriously.

This year, Google brought the ‘Mic Drop’ prank to Gmail service. A real feature which Google introduced last night allowing a Gmail user to send a virtual ‘mic drop’ in the form of a GIF of a Minion dropping a microphone and would prevent any further reply from the receiver.

Unfortunately it didn’t really go to plan. Turns out the ‘mic drop’ feature actually replaces a currently active feature called ‘Send and Archive’ which appears alongside the send button when replaying.

The results have been….unfortunate to say the least, so much so that Google has in fact now pulled the feature after receiving a barrage of complaints.

Google added the following update on a Gmail blog post:

“Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs. We’re truly sorry. The feature has been turned off. If you are still seeing it, please reload your Gmail page.”

You can imagine the damage already. Many business customers have hastily sent important emails, only to receive irate feedback from customers and clients who have felt slighted by the flippant tone of the GIF and the lack of response to their emails.

Source: http://www.techmzy.com.ng/2016/04/01/google-disables-april-fools-joke-after-the-prank-backfired-them/

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