--- title: Google Now Has Its Own Fidget Spinner App description: There's no reason to ever work again with this fidget spinner from Google canonical: https://time.com/4825036/google-fidget-spinner/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-20T15:42:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:30.142Z og:title: Goodbye Work: Google Now Has Its Own Fidget Spinner App og:description: There's no reason to ever work again with this fidget spinner from Google og:url: https://time.com/4825036/google-fidget-spinner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt929d1762228c1106/6988d2720a4a22b4de9ceb25/google-spinner.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: google-spinner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Goodbye Work: Google Now Has Its Own Fidget Spinner App twitter:description: There's no reason to ever work again with this fidget spinner from Google twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt929d1762228c1106/6988d2720a4a22b4de9ceb25/google-spinner.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Play With Google's Secret Fidget Spinner and Never Work Another Day ## Video: Do Fidget Spinners Really Help With ADHD? Nope, Experts Say [Watch (HLS stream): Do Fidget Spinners Really Help With ADHD? Nope, Experts Say](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZOhQPMWg.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2017-05-11. MONEY VIDEO_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 20, 2017 3:42 PM UTC  Google by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 20, 2017 3:42 PM UTC We may have reached peak [fidget spinner](http://time.com/4775458/shoddy-science-behind-fidget-spinners/?iid=sr-link2). Some clever [Redditors](https://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/6iatft/if%5Fyou%5Fsearch%5Fspinner%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fgoogle%5Fapp%5Fgoogle/) figured out that Google has gotten in on the fidget spinner action, embedding a virtual version in to search results, if you search for the word “spinner” or, you know, [just click here](https://www.google.com/search?num=20&biw=1280&bih=676&q=spinner). The search or the link takes you to an online [spinning](http://time.com/4822533/frankfurt-airport-fidget-spinners/?iid=sr-link1) widget that hypnotically turns and turns when you hit the ‘spin’ button, which is sort of fun. However, if you work on a computer with a mouse, [The Next Web ](https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/06/20/google-virtual-fidget-spinner-search/#.tnw%5FV8PcJxVs)says, that you can rotate the mouse with your hand and get the [spinner](http://time.com/4791997/fidget-spinner-finger-nails/?iid=sr-link4) going, which sounds much more entertaining. While Google’s online spinner is fun, you won’t be able to do any trick shots with it, like the guys from [Dude Perfect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6o7hcm8bE), mesmerize [your pet dog](https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-X8ikjgph/) or annoy [your Shiba Inu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFChckMTX0&feature=player%5Fembedded). However you can still waste hours of your day endlessly fidgeting online instead of getting any work done, so in that sense it is a lot like a real [fidget spinner](http://time.com/4770412/what-are-fidget-spinners/?iid=sr-link3). 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