Google has pushed an update to its popular Gboard keyboard app for Android. The new update brings support for 40 additional languages and built-in stickers.
Starting with the new languages, Japanese is now available in Gboard. Earlier Google offered a separate Japanese Input app for the input experience, it is integrated into the Gboard app, along with 39 other languages. With the addition of the 40 new languages, Gboard now supports a total of 120 languages.
Next up, Gboard also gets support for native stickers. Prior to the update, users had to use Google Allo on their device in order to be able to use stickers through Gboard. But now Gboard gets four new sticker packs built in to the app.
All the new additions are part for Gboard 6.17.15, which can be download/updated via Google Play Store.
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Google's popular keyboard app called Gboard, earlier this month was being tested for a feature that would let you share Bitmoji and stickers. Now, the features are officially rolling out to Gboard's app on Android platform.
Now you can easily share downloadable sticker or Bitmoji in any app including popular messaging app, that supports image pasting, GIFs.
The Gboard app now has a new sticker tab, that's accessible from either top button bar or the overflow menu. The stickers can also be accessed by going to emoji, and then switching to the new stickers tab at the bottom. After tapping on the stickers tab you will be prompted to install the sticker packs from Play Store, or download the Bitmoji app.
Once installed, the sticker or Bitmoji pack will appear on the bottom of the keyboard as a sticker/Bitmoji icon (near emoji & GIF icon), and tapping the icon will show all stickers you can use and share. Similar to GIFs, you can also search for stickers.
The sticker collection includes Mickey Mouse, NBAmoji, Google Allo Selfie Stickers, Disney Princess, Hello Kitty, Garfeild, Star Ware and More. To get new sticker packs any time, just tap the “+” button when you’re in the sticker tab of Gboard or by visiting the Play Store.
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Google's popular keyboard app called Gboard will soon get a couple of new features. The Gboard beta version 6.5 is being tested for a new feature that will let you add Bitmoji and stickers.
The Gboard app now has a new sticker tab, that's accessible from either top button bar or the overflow menu. The stickers can also be accessed by going to emoji, and then switching to the new stickers tab at the bottom. After tapping on the stickers tab you will be prompted to install the sticker packs from Play Store, or download the Bitmoji app.
Once installed, the sticker or Bitmoji pack will appear on the bottom of the keyboard as an icon (near emoji & GIF icon), and tapping the icon will show all stickers you can use. The sticker/Bitmoji feature will work with any app that already supports GIFs. Similar to GIFs, you can also search for stickers.
Currently you can choose stickers from a wide-variety of packs including
Garfield, Despicable Me 3, Power Rangers, Trolls, Disney, Hello Kitty
and more. There's also a couple of paid sticker packs as well.
Apart from the addition of stickers and Bitmoji, Gboard also gets a few minor tweaks like tweaked shift and backspace keys, and redesigned themes panel.
For testing the new features you have to sign up for the beta testing program, and install the latest update, or you can download it from APKMirror and manually side-load it.
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Google's Gboard app for iOS platform is getting new useful features that will let you easily access Maps and YouTube. Additionally, the keyboard app is also getting three new language support, and doodling feature.
Now Gboard users on iOS can tap the G icon to access Maps and YouTube to easily share location or videos in any messaging app.
Users can share their current location or local address just by tapping the G icon, then maps. Similarly the YouTube icon will let you search and share video.
The search results will be displayed in a card-style carousel format, and you can swipe horizontally below the search bar to see more. Then you'll have to tap on the location or video you want to share within the app using Gboard. This will save the long task of selecting, copying the contents from the respective app or web, and pasting on the Gboard app.
Gboard's iOS app is also getting doodling feature to let you draw whatever you want and share it right from the keyboard. To get started, tap on the emoji icon, followed by the pen icon. Lastly, three new language support is being added including Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi.
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Google has updated its popular Gboard app for Android, bringing new features, that were previously added to the Gboard iOS app, plus few new beta tested features. The updated keyboard app will now offer automatic emoji and GIF suggestions, voice typing, themes and more.
First up, now when you search for an emoji or GIF, the keyboard will automatically offers suggestions in the suggestion box as you type. The suggestion feature is supported in apps such as Facebook, Messenger, Snapchat, Hangout and Allo. The app also gets voice typing feature that allows you to dictate messages directly to Gboard.
Gboard is also getting new theme selector and quick access to Google translate. The theme selector has been revamped and now includes a Landscape section, that lets you add your own background image to the keyboard or choose for 10 pre-made high-res landscape images.
Lastly, now when you tap the keyboard's 'G' button, a new Google Translate icon will appear in the quick feature menu. As you type the message the translation tool will provide you the translated text in the desired language in real time.
The Gboard app was initially launched for iOS devices, and made its way to Android, as a replacement to Google Keyboard.
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Back in May, Google released Gboard keyboard app with integrated Google search and built-in GIFs and emoji search. The app was available only for iOS devices and not on Android.
Now, six months later Google is bringing the Gboard app to Android. But instead of releasing it as a standalone app, the search giant has updated Google Keyboard as Gboard in the version 6.0. Google has not officially announced the app, or listed it on the Play Store, but the APK file is out on third party site APK Mirror.
The main highlight of the Gboard is that, it is integrated with Google Search which makes it easier to search and send information, GIFs, emojis and more without leaving the conversation.
It has Google's search icon "G" on the top left of the keyboard, when tapped, you'll be able to search nearby stores, restaurants, videos, images, weather forecasts, new and more. Also, there is a dedicated number row, support for to three active languages. Additionally you'll also be able to search GIFs and Emojis as well.It also comes with Glide Typing feature which lets you type faster simply by sliding your finger over the letters.
Gboard should make its way to the Play store soon.
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Google has released a new keyboard app for iOS device called Gboard. The new keyboard integrates Google's search into the typing interface, which makes it easier to insert information, GIFs, emojis and more without leaving the conversation.
GBoard has a Google Search icon on the top left of the keyboard. When you tap the icon, you'll be able to search nearby stores, restaurants, videos, images, weather forecasts, news, sports scores and more. When you search for a query, Gboard sends it to Google's web servers and after processing the query offers you the desired results. You'll also be able to serech for GIFs and Emojis as well.
One of the advantage of using GBoard is that you'll not have to leave IM apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and others to search and add a link, image or video to the conversation.
GBoard also comes with a Glide Typing feature which lets you type faster simply by sliding your finger over the letters.
The app is currently available for iPhones and iPad users in the U.S.
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