by dbadmin | Dec 12, 2025 | Gboard, Google, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard’s emoji grid has quietly shifted from nine columns to eight, making the emojis look bigger. Users who spotted the change couldn’t figure out what exactly happened. It turns out that Google added a flag in...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Gboard, News
Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR The altest Gboard beta is showing new Expressive settings UI and updated emoji tab colors. These features largely match redesigns we previously spotted in testing, though there has been at least one change between then...
by dbadmin | Dec 2, 2025 | Accessibility, Gboard, Google, Google Gemini, News
TL;DR Google is upgrading its TalkBack accessibility system with new Gemini-powered voice editing. Users will be able to two-finger double-tap in Gboard to quickly get started. Gemini will allow them to edit text input using natural language requests. Smartphones are...
by dbadmin | Nov 12, 2025 | Authority Insights, Gboard, Google, News
TL;DR Gboard currently auyo-hides its bottom nav bar when browsing GIFs or stickers. In a new beta, we’ve spotted wok towards bringing this same UI to emoji. Google’s also working on new coloring for the emoji picker. If you’re not peppering your conversations with a...
by dbadmin | Nov 2, 2025 | Android, Features, Gboard, Google, Keyboards, smartphones
I started using Google’s Gboard keyboard long before I made the switch to Android. Even as a third-party keyboard on an iPhone, I found it better than the native iOS typing experience. With Gboard on Android — and more specifically on its own Pixel devices — Google...
by dbadmin | Oct 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, Gboard, Google, News
TL;DR Gboard is getting a button to browse trending GIF searches. These trending searches are apparently sourced from Tenor. The trending GIFs button isn’t live in any user-facing version of Gboard yet. Gboard is making it easier to find GIFs about buzzy topics....