Gboard offers an unparalleled typing experience, combining speed, reliability, and a suite of innovative features that cater to all your communication needs. Whether you're typing on your phone, tablet, or even your Wear OS smartwatch, Gboard ensures you have the tools to express yourself effortlessly.
Glide Typing allows you to type faster by effortlessly sliding your finger from letter to letter, making your typing experience smoother and more efficient.
Voice Typing revolutionizes how you input text, letting you dictate messages on the go with ease and accuracy.
With Handwriting, you can write in both cursive and printed letters, offering a personal touch to your digital communication.
Finding the perfect emoji is a breeze with Emoji Search, while GIFs let you share the ideal reaction to any situation, making your conversations more lively and engaging.
Multilingual Typing is a game-changer for those who communicate in multiple languages, as Gboard automatically corrects and suggests from any of your enabled languages, eliminating the need for manual switching.
Integrated Google Translate functionality means you can translate text as you type directly within the keyboard, breaking down language barriers in real-time.
Gboard supports 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. For a complete list, visit https://goo.gl/fMQ85U.
For those using Wear OS, Gboard brings the same beloved features to your wrist, including Glide Typing, Voice Typing, and Emoji Typing, supporting all Wear OS languages such as 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.
To enhance your Gboard experience, consider these Pro Tips:
- Use Gesture Cursor Control by sliding your finger across the space bar to move the cursor precisely.
- Speed up editing with Gesture Delete; slide left from the delete key to remove multiple words quickly.
- Make the Number Row always available by enabling it in Settings → Preferences → Number Row.
- Enable Symbol Hints to see quick hints on your keys for accessing symbols with a long press, found in Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols.
- For larger screen devices, activate One Handed Mode to pin the keyboard to the left or right of the screen.
- Personalize your typing experience with Themes, choosing your preferred style with or without key borders.
Note that some features, including Handwriting, Emoji Search, and GIFs, are not supported on Android Go devices.
