Gboard beta 7.1 is now rolling to users along that hints at bunch of new features and improvements including Auto-spacing, new emoji, GIF making, 20 new languages and dialects, handwriting settings and more. Emoji 11.0 is set to release later this year and Gboard is preparing support for some of the upcoming ones. Today's additions are centered around superheroes and supervillains in male/female versions and multiple skin tones. However, these are not live in the app just yet, even in Android P, but digging a bit deep into the app revealed the names. Gboard 6.8 added a handwriting keyboard. As you scribble, the keyboard scrolls to provide users with more space to input text. Now with the upcoming “Handwriting settings” it might allow users to set the speed of that scrolling and also the ability to set the thickness of strokes. The latest beta update is also adding support for the next major Android release. Long press on the period to reveal and enter common top-level domains like .com, .org, .net, .edu, and .gov is the option that always been the same. However, it now seems to be changing a bit. Looks like Gboard is now adding more country-specific ones for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Gboard is also working on ...
Friday 30 March 2018
Gboard 7.1 beta for Android hints at new emoji, GIF making, 20 new languages and dialects
Gboard beta 7.1 is now rolling to users along that hints at bunch of new features and improvements including Auto-spacing, new emoji, GIF making, 20 new languages and dialects, handwriting settings and more. Emoji 11.0 is set to release later this year and Gboard is preparing support for some of the upcoming ones. Today's additions are centered around superheroes and supervillains in male/female versions and multiple skin tones. However, these are not live in the app just yet, even in Android P, but digging a bit deep into the app revealed the names. Gboard 6.8 added a handwriting keyboard. As you scribble, the keyboard scrolls to provide users with more space to input text. Now with the upcoming “Handwriting settings” it might allow users to set the speed of that scrolling and also the ability to set the thickness of strokes. The latest beta update is also adding support for the next major Android release. Long press on the period to reveal and enter common top-level domains like .com, .org, .net, .edu, and .gov is the option that always been the same. However, it now seems to be changing a bit. Looks like Gboard is now adding more country-specific ones for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Gboard is also working on ...
