In Gmail, next to the standard "Reply" button, Google added a "Mic drop" button. Using it would reply to the email, archive it — and also add a GIF of a "Despicable Me" minion dropping a mic.

Google has retracted its ‘mic drop’ option from Gmail after complaints from its users, just a few hours after the feature was added for April Fools’ day. “It looks like we pranked ...