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Original story (published on July 20, 2022) follows:
Google has always had clever search commands and one of them is the Google Search timer. By simply typing “set timer X minutes” into Google Search you can set a countdown timer as per your requirements.
But for the past few months, there seems to be an issue where the Google Search countdown timer is missing or doesn’t show up for many users (1,2,3,4).
I also have lost timers and countdowns etc… on a google search, have to actually go into a website now.
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I don’t see it either. I don’t understand why that would get taken away, it was simple, and functional, and didn’t require any complex hosting or anything else.
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The issue occurs when users try to set a timer on Google Search. Instead of displaying the timer, it shows them Google Search results for various different timer and clock sites.
Unfortunately, there’s still no fix as multiple new reports on Twitter claim the issue has popped up again in the past 24 hours (1,2,3,4).
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.
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How dare @Google remove their basic stopwatch timer feature. It was perfect, bombproof and displayed time in the tab. *sobs
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@GoogleHey!
What happened to the timer on chrome? It was the best thing I could when it came to timing… just typed timer and boom gave me the option to type the amount of time needed. #Bringitback Source
Unfortunately, Google is yet to acknowledge the Google Search countdown timer missing issue and there is no ETA for a fix yet.
For the time being, here are some workarounds that worked for similarly affected users.
– Use Incognito mode
– Signing out of your Google ID
– Checking it on a different browser
You can try and see if any fixes the issue for you, just like in the case below:
Tried User 6622015044206611434’s suggestion (not logged in on google) but by using chrome’s incognito so I don’t have to log out as workaround. It worked very well.
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We hope the developers take a look at the issue and fix it as soon as possible. When they do, we will let you know so keep checking this space for more information.
06:12 pm (IST): Google support on Twitter has confirmed that they have escalated this issue to the product team for further investigation.
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