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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 ...

Android TV includes a basic framework for sleep timers, but it's hardly a handy experience at the moment. Updates to the Google TV Home app signal that Google will expand sleep timer functionality ...

There are people who love to drift off to sleep while watching your favorite shows. If you are one of those, get ready for some good news. Google TV and Android TV are finally about to get a ...

Google has a new fun tool. If you ever need a quick online timer, now you can type a specific search query into Google's search box. Google will create a timer for you right on the search results page ...

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 ...