Gboard - the Google Keyboard

Google LLC

About this app

Gboard has everything you love about Google Keyboard—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, voice typing, Handwriting, and more

Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter

Voice typing — Easily dictate text on the go

Handwriting* — Write in cursive and printed letters

Emoji Search* — Find that emoji, faster

GIFs* — Search and share GIFs for the perfect reaction.

Multilingual typing — No more switching between languages manually. Gboard will autocorrect and suggest from any of your enabled languages.

Google Translate — Translate as you type in the keyboard

* Not supported on Android Go devices
Hundreds of language varieties, including:
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Burmese, Cebuano, Chhattisgarhi, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Chittagonian, Czech, Deccan, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Magahi, Maithili, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Northern Sotho, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Somali, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, and many more! Visit https://goo.gl/fMQ85U for the full list of languages supported

Wear OS support: Everything you love about the Google Keyboard now available on your watch—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, Voice Typing, and more

Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter

Voice Typing — Easily dictate text on the go

Emoji Typing — Find your favorite emojis on your wrist

All Wear OS languages supported, including:
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and many more!

Pro tips:
• Gesture cursor control: Slide your finger across the space bar to move the cursor
• Gesture delete: Slide left from the delete key to quickly delete multiple words
• Make the number row always available (enable in Settings → Preferences → Number Row)
• Symbols hints: Show quick hints on your keys to access symbols with a long press (enable in Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols)
• One handed mode: On large screen phones, pin keyboard to the left or the right of the screen
• Themes: Choose your own theme, with or without key borders

Ratings and reviews

My experience with Gboard has ultimately been Flaw-Free. I have tried many keyboards for my Android phone over the years, only to realize that this is the superior keyboard and I come back to this one each time. Perhaps I am a creature of habit, perhaps this is just a keyboard that requires having a habit because it is so good! What is not good is my enunciation. Try as I might, talking as slow as I can go, sometimes talk to text just does not comprehend what I am trying to convey. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I love everything about this keyboard, especially the easy access talk-to-text icon! It's the perfect app for people with various disabilities. The only downside is its inability to recognize words in other languages despite using second language recognition. English is my primary language, but I frequently type/talk in Spanish and French. It doesn't recognize even the most basic words.

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) Gboard is decent, but not the easiest to use. Some buttons and controls feel confusing or hard to find, especially when changing settings or using extra features. Autocorrect is hit or miss, and the app sometimes lags after updates. It does have some good things going for it—like voice typing, emoji suggestions, and support for multiple languages. But overall, it feels a bit clunky at times. Not terrible, but it could be way smoother and more user friendly.

What’s new

• Scan text from the real world into any text field, using your phone camera (en_us only)
• New and improved Smart Replies, powered by on-device LLMs running on the Pixel 9, provide engaging and more complete thoughtful responses
• Bi-directional emojis and an improved selector to use them easily
• Added over 40 thousand new Emoji Kitchen combos
• Proofread: Check and fix errors in one tap
• Download the beta version to give feedback on upcoming improvements https://goo.gl/8Ksj7x