#google Search’s built-in timer has disappeared — but it should be returning soon
Until recently, one of the most convenient ways to set a timer was to simply search for one on Google. Punch in a query like “10 minute timer,” and, hey presto, you’d get a ten-minute timer. But last month, reports started to emerge that this feature had disappeared from Google without warning. Search Engine Roundtable was among the first to cover the missing timer on July 20th, citing tweets from around July 18th. The feature is still missing today.
It turns out that Google hasn’t decided to remove the handy feature without warning. In a tweet, the company’s public search liaison Danny Sullivan confirmed that the feature is temporarily unavailable because of an unspecified problem. “We have an issue that we’ve been looking [into],” S…
