Not many would know that Google's search engine could also work as a timer, a feature that the company made available last year, but pulled it out before bouncing it back recently.

The feature was introduced last August, but then the feature disappeared with no explanation.

According to Cnet, users can now simply set a timer and an amount of time in the search query at Google's homepage and the search giant would start a timer for the requested time.

Users could take the timer full-screen by clicking on the box icon and would have to leave the web page open for it to work.