After having removed them just a few weeks ago, Google has decided to bring back the timer and stopwatch in the search engine.
Barely three weeks have passed since Google ended two of its most useful and unknown functions, timer and stopwatch, a very controversial decision due to the usefulness of both. It seems that the company has reconsidered and, fortunately, has opted for recover these two tools integrated in the search engine.
As pointed from AndroidPolice, timer and stopwatch are back just as they left, silently by Google. In this way, they join other widgets available in the Google search engine, such as the calculator and the translator. Next, we review how to use the Google timer and stopwatch so you can get the most out of them.
Timer and stopwatch return to Google
The timer and stopwatch return to the Google search engine.
The disappearance of the Google search timer and stopwatch It did not go unnoticed by users, who soon asked for the return of these two very useful tools. Google Search public liaison Danny Sullivan was quick to claim on Twitter that both features would be back, but without specifying the exact date.
We haven’t had to wait long to use the timer and stopwatch in Google Search again. Just three weeks later, Google has reintegrated these tools with the same subtlety. with which he withdrew them weeks ago. Eye, we talk about functions that are present in the search engine since 2013They are almost 10 years old.
After three weeks of disappearance, Google brings back the timer and stopwatch.
In order to use these tools, you just have to search for “Timer” or “Stopwatch” in the search engine, since both appear together in the same widget. To use the stopwatch, you just have to tap on the “Start” button and let time pass. When you want to use it again from 0, tap on “Reset”.
As for the timer, it is set by default to 5 minutes. However, if you tap on the time, you can enter as long as you need, with a maximum of 24 hours. To start counting, you just have to hit the “Start” button. As with the stopwatch, you can reset it with the “Reset” button. If you enter from the computer, you can put it in full screen with the expand button in the lower right corner of the widget.
Thanks to these two tools, you don’t have to leave the Google search engine to use a timer or a stopwatch, you will not have to open the clock application or download any external app. You just have to search for “Stopwatch” or “Timer” and, now, you will find these two functions after their brief disappearance.
