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Gboard

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Gboard is a keyboard from Google for your iOS and Android. It has all the things you would expect from a great keyboard — GIFs, emojis, and Glide Typing — plus Google Search built in.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Android Wear
  • Android TV
2.5 / 5 Avg rating (8)
63likes
7comments

Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Speech to text
  2.  Clipboard monitoring
  3.  Auto Correction
  4.  Swipe Typing
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Integrated Search
  8.  Emoji search

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Thelle Christensen
Feb 28, 2017
2

I've been using swiftkey and swype on iOS for a while, but Gboard beats both of them hands down..

Shoji
May 31, 2017

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)

lauraess1
Nov 10, 2017

It now has a keyboard resizing function.

Top Negative Comment
RemovedUser
Nov 24, 2020
2

Not privacy friendly.

inson1
Dec 23, 2023
1

Owned by Google, so no privacy and untrustworthy

Prabhat
Mar 12, 2023
-1

One of the most versatile keyboards.

D33pSh33p
Mar 23, 2022
0

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.

Melissa Siegfried
Jun 21, 2019
0

The customization settings are excellent, and the option to transfer those settings device to device with your Google account is incredibly handy.

Shoji
Jan 19, 2018
3

Pros :

  • Preinstalled on most android devices
  • GIFs, emojis, and Glide Typing — plus Search built in.
  • Cloud Backup Not Supported (now supported)
  • 120 Languange Supports
  • Keyboard Customization not supported (now supported)

**Cons : **

  • Prediction are not synced
  • Languange such as japanese and chinese become separate gboard instead of within single gboard

What is Gboard?

Gboard is a keyboard from Google for your iOS and Android. It has all the things you would expect from a great keyboard — GIFs, emojis, and Glide Typing — plus Google Search icon Google Search built in. No more app switching; just search and send, right from your keyboard.

Search and send anything from Google:

• Nearby stores and restaurants • Videos and images • Weather forecasts • News and articles • Sports scores • And anything else you’d search on Google

GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction

Emoji Search— Find the perfect emoji, faster

Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter

Gboard information

  • Developed by

    US flagGoogle
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.5
  • Alternatives

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  • News

    4 news article related to Gboard
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Afrikaans
    • Albanian
    • Amharic
    • Arabic
    • Armenian
    • Azerbaijani
    • Basque
    • Belarusian
    • Bengali
    • Bosnian
    • Bulgarian
    • Burmese
    • Khmer
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • Finnish
    • French
    • Galician
    • Georgian
    • German
    • Greek
    • Gujarati
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Hungarian
    • Icelandic
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Kannada
    • Kazakh
    • Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
    • Korean
    • Lao
    • Latvian
    • Lingala
    • Lithuanian
    • Macedonian
    • Malay
    • Malayalam
    • Maltese
    • Marathi
    • Mongolian
    • Nepali
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Panjabi, Punjabi
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Serbian
    • Chinese
    • Sinhala, Sinhalese
    • Slovak
    • Slovene
    • Spanish
    • Swahili
    • Swedish
    • Tagalog
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
    • Thai
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Urdu
    • Uzbek
    • Vietnamese
    • Welsh
    • Zulu

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Gboard was added to AlternativeTo by David on May 13, 2016 and this page was last updated Apr 3, 2023.