Google’s updating the timer and stopwatch built into Search. Both tools get a fresh, colorful, responsive makeover, and a little new functionality. Either can be accessed from desktop or mobile alike.

Google Search is home to a number of built-in tools, with the stopwatch and timer recently getting a redesign. The Google Search timer now features a light blue background that really separates the ...

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Google Search has long featured a collection of simple tools, but the stopwatch and timer have mysteriously disappeared in the past day or so. Original 7/22: Searching for those terms today just ...

Hey Google, where have you buried the timer (the timer that used to show up when you typed "Timer" in the search bar)? I used it last week, and now it's gone :'( @Google_Sverige @Google DH on Saturday ...

Let Google remind you when to take the cookies out of the oven or time how fast you can type your articles with the new interface for the stopwatch and timer. Google has a revised interactive answer ...