In the wake of the firestorm of criticism, Google took down the feature and apologized. I just woke up to a very angry voicemail from her which is how I found out about this 'hilarious' prank,' wrote the user. '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. 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. Tempted to go to Outlook just for that,' wrote one user.Īnother user claimed to have been fired for sending an unprofessional email. 'Dear Google, please remove that stupid drop mic video button from my Gmail account. Many users were upset and voiced their concerns in the Gmail Help Forum.

Yes, even if folks try to respond, you won't see it,' read a post on the Official Gmail Blog. 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. 'Today, Gmail is making it easier to have the last word on any email with Mic Drop.

The feature then muted the sender’s thread, leading many to think the threads had been deleted. The prank allowed users of Gmail to send a “Mic Drop” reply to email threads, causing Gmail to send an animated gif of a minion character from “Despicable Me” dropping a microphone.

An April Fools' joke that backfired has caused search giant Google to issue an apology.

Google mic drop prank