Gboard v7.9 update brings support for more languages, predictive search; hints at new Emoticons, and more

Google's Gboard is getting a new update bringing few visible changes on the surface and few tweaks from the inside. The update hints at a new and larger batch of emoticons are coming to Gboard. It also looks like Gboard might get the ability to send its own stickers to Whatsapp using WEBP format. Gboard has added as many as fourteen different categories for emoticons, some containing as few as two emoticons and another coming in with twenty-four. However, you will find a lot of similar common themes in emoji including expressions, animals, and utility emoticons like pointers. Emoticons are made up of a few symbols from various languages that form a picture. When these are enabled, the categories will appear in the symbol keyboard. It looks like Gboard might be working on integration with WhatsApp to display IM platform's own stickers, or maybe for sending Gboard's own stickers to Whatsapp using the more efficient WEBP format. But nothing yet is confirmed or official, so it is just a guessing game at the moment. Gboard's 'Make a GIF' feature may be testing output in MP4 format, and this probably will make videos smaller and look better than they would in a standard animated GIF format. ...