Every year on April Fools' Day, Google rolls out a slew of gags. There was the robot hand that swipes your phone for you, Google Fiber's new dial-up mode, and some Pokemon thing on Google Maps. This year, though, Google's latest gag wound up doing some damage for unsuspecting Gmail users.WHAT A HARMLESS APRIL FOOL'S JOKE, WHAT COULD GO WRONG pic.twitter.com/Maw8a6VUSA
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) April 1, 2016
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"Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year," Google wrote in an apologetic statement after pulling the feature. "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."It's also entirely possible that people didn't actually lose their jobs, and the whole thing is actually a glorious prank on Google—the company deserves it, too, after making a Minions joke this far into 2016.