Gboard
Mobile keyboard offers integrated web search, shared GIFs, fast glide typing, emoji search, voice input, predictive suggestions, and real-time sharing of news, images, locations, or videos, supporting multiple languages and privacy controls for varied input needs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Android Wear
- Android TV
- Android Auto
Features
Gboard News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Google Gemini
Google launches Gemini Intelligence, bringing agentic AI automation to Android phonesGoogle has announced Gemini Intelligence, a new set of AI features designed to bring full agentic a...
- POX published news article about Gboard
Gboard is introducing 'Scan Text' feature for easier text copying from physical objectsGboard, Google's popular keyboard, is initiating the deployment of a new 'Scan Text' feature on And...
- Maoholguin published news article about Gboard
Google's Gboard beta tests new 'Scan text' feature for direct text extraction from imagesGoogle's Official Android keyboard app, Gboard, is reportedly beta testing a new Scan text feature ...
Recent activities
DomIsDazed added Gboard as alternative to MA Keyboard
AITranslatorKeyboard added Gboard as alternative to AI Translator Keyboard
GerritHumberg added Gboard as alternative to Keyboard Designer- Julmik updated Gboard
It's a pretty good and competent default keyboard, I especially like the handwriting recognition. Swipe typing is subpar though.
- added No registration required as a feature to Gboard
Joroh added Gboard as alternative to Keyboard Copilot
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What is Gboard?
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Developed by
Google Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 2.9Alternatives
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- 4.06 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
I've been using swiftkey and swype on iOS for a while, but Gboard beats both of them hands down..
I was using Gboard, it is very good for google search integration but there is one fatal reason why i stopped using it : Keyboard Resize (Very Important for big finger like me)
It now has a keyboard resizing function.
Owned by Google, so no privacy and untrustworthy
It's a pretty good and competent default keyboard, I especially like the handwriting recognition. Swipe typing is subpar though.
whenever i checked how many cache it stores from text, it showed 15+Mb. what. if you don't mind surveillance (living ±safe), then it could be useful. if you're an activist or someone in danger, don't use it.
plus of this keyboard, however, is having some indigenous languages. adding 1 star for it.
Does not have swipe spacebar to change languages option
One of the most versatile keyboards.
While functionally Gboard is fine, you'll find the same functionally elsewhere without the bad parts. Gboard is not your friend, just like proprietary virtual keyboards in general aren't your friend.
1/5 stars might seem harsh, but I'd argue it's not unreasonable when you consider how little respect they have for your privacy and security. It's proprietary and depends on faith rather than trust. And that faith has been shown to be disrespected. It has unecessary bloat that doesn't do anything good for its users but only serves to benefit Google and its many partners.
So why use Gboard when OpenBoard offers the same while being debloated and open source? OpenBoard is privacy-oriented as opposed to Gboard. There are other alternatives as well that are great, however, from my testing and experience, OpenBoard is the best.