The Google countdown timer and stopwatch feature seem to have stopped working. It seemed the Google stopwatch stopped ticking on July 18th. This feature first came up in Google about a decade ago.
So in August 2013 I first noticed this feature and it temporarily stopped working in October 2013. Here is what it use to look like:
A search for set timer for 10 minutes or other variations would typically work but it currently does not.
Now, I just see search results and videos:
I spotted this at WebmasterWorld but it was first covered deccanherald.com based on a bunch of complaints on Twitter:
Google removed the stopwatch and timer features.
— 🖤Nicole May💙 (@NicoleMay316) July 18, 2022
why
Google really removed the timer I use after using it for over a year. Bruh
— Rynami (@Nami_without_Ry) July 19, 2022
What happened to the google timer, and stopwatch? I used to just type "Online Timer or Stopwatch" and they were just google functions, now they are gone.
— PerspectiveEnd (@PerspectiveEnd) July 20, 2022
I mean, it is all over Twitter. Hopefully, it is a bug, I don't understand why Google would remove the feature?
Danny Sullivan from Google will be checking on this:
I'll check on it
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) July 21, 2022
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
