Gboard for Android could get ‘Scan Text’ OCR tool soon

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Gboard for Android is adding a new feature called ‘Scan Text,’ which allows you to scan text using your phone’s camera, a recent report by 9to5Google from an APK teardown reveals. To use this feature, you’ll need to grant Gboard camera permission. Continue reading “Gboard for Android could get ‘Scan Text’ OCR tool soon”

Gboard for Android gets Emoji Skin Tone and Gender customization

Google has introduced a fresh update for Gboard on Android. This update allows users to easily change the skin tone and gender expression of their emojis with a single tap. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets Emoji Skin Tone and Gender customization”

Gboard for Android gets support for 18 new languages, Handwriting Input gains four new languages

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Google is rolling out a new update to Gboard which is bringing support for 16 new language variants, Handwriting Input for 4 others, though the official changelog says 18 new languages. Furthermore, it is adding support for Japanese in Android TV and improvements to Morse code.  Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets support for 18 new languages, Handwriting Input gains four new languages”

Gboard for Android gets built-in stickers, 40 new languages and more

Google Gboard Defualt Stickers

Gboard for Android got support for stickers back in August along with several new features including Bitmoji, but it required you to install sticker packs from Play Store or install Allo app. Now Google has add four default sticker packs to Gboard by default so that you can use them just from the sticker options. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets built-in stickers, 40 new languages and more”

Gboard now supports 22 Indian languages, gets transliteration in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and more

Google Gboard for Android new languages

Today at an event in India, Google announced that it has updated Gboard for Android with support for 11 new languages to the list of 11 existing Indian languages that include Bengali, Bashkir, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and more. It also has transliteration support in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and more.  Continue reading “Gboard now supports 22 Indian languages, gets transliteration in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and more”