Google is in hot water with Gmail users after a relatively harmless April Fool’s Day prank went awry. Google added an option to include an animated GIF of a Minion dropping the mic—a cocky way ...

This one is unbelievably cringe-worthy. In a message regarding a funeral, the Minion GIF was accidentally sent along with the email. Ugh. We feel for this person so hard right now.

Google pranked itself after an April Fool's Day tweak to its Gmail service angered some people who use Google's email for work. The company added a button that allowed users to fire out a ...

The option was added to the service last night and allowed users to "send and mic drop" their emails, automatically attaching a gif of a minion — those irritating yellow monstrosities ...

Let’s back up. Gmail’s prank seems pretty simple on the surface. The company introduced a Mic Drop button into Gmail, which added a GIF of a Minion to any email. That’s fine. Cute, even.

NEW YORK — Google is acknowledging that it pranked itself after an April Fool's Day Gmail tweak angered some people who use Google's email for work.