![]() As an editor in charge of assigning and editing a couple of dozen posts a day, it’s a maddening, treacherous environment to navigate. And everyone blows the embargo, launching fake stories a day or more in advance. “Project Manager” Jack Russ? That’s Austin Carr, our star intern who became aware of his starring role in this prank about an hour before filming–his endearing awkwardness perfectly fit the the Google video mold.Īpril Fools Day pranks have grown into a ridiculous enterprise. We made up the concept then made up the fact that Google had planned to use it for its own April Fools joke and that we had been leaked screen shots and a promo video (a video of a video, in fact). It was an April Fools prank about an April Fools prank. They just wanted to make sure that we had not, in fact, been leaked fake screen shots by some nutball and that we didn’t believe that Google Jail was real. This article originally appeared on I found myself calling Google corporate PR department at midnight on April Fools, it was pretty clear our little stunt had worked. And cute tricks like this, however innocently devised, don’t necessarily help Google sell more app features to other companies.įor April Fools, Google also released a Cardboard Plastic virtual reality headset, and its X research lab ‘hired’ the lead character from HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” As of press time, those pranks remain. However, people clearly use the free Gmail for professional reasons. The mic drop feature was not deployed for its paying Apps for Work customers, a spokesperson confirmed. If you are still seeing it, please reload your Gmail page.Īnother theory: Perhaps the Gmail team, which, as of the start of the year, reports up to Google enterprise chief Diane Greene, grew concerned with the complaints coming from the workplace.Įnterprise is a growing business priority inside Google. Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs. Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. This, it seems, was the excuse Google used in pulling the feature before April Fools barely began in California. ![]() Others pointed out a bug in the prank that allowed the GIF to go out unexpectedly. I too use this for professional business correspondence. One user wrote on Gmail’s product forum: “I love you gmail but please don’t prank our email. WhatsApp: Send a WhatsApp message to Sam. On phones only: SMS: Text Mike 'See you at 5.' Emails: Send an email. A few even cited jobs lost to the gimmick. Duo: Call Mom.Call Living Room Smart Display. On product forums, many Gmail users complained of accidentally hitting the button in business correspondence. When people using Gmail clicked what they thought was simply the “Send+Archive” button, several unintentional e-missives went out. The prank icon replaced the “Send+Archive” button, which users employ to reply to then immediately file away an email thread. Turns out, several people were less than pleased to have the gimmick appear in the email they use for business affairs - a particular customer set that Google is now trying to attract. As the day began across the Atlantic, the billion-plus Gmail users discovered a new button alongside “Send” for the “Gmail mic drop.” Pressed, the icon automatically inserts into the email a GIF of the ubiquitous creatures from the “Despicable Me” franchise. Google, a longtime fan of gimmicky April Fools’ jokes, overreached this year. Who knew Minions could cause so much trouble?
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