The update also removed the Google search shortcut in Gboard.
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Google’s Gboard for iPhones enables haptic feedback for free
The Google keyboard app has been updated for the iPhone 7 and later devices to utilize the Taptic Engine for haptic feedback while typing.
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Gboard supports 500 languages, 90 percent of world population’s first languages
Google says that it has added more than 100 languages to the app in the past few months. It's on track to cover many, many more.
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Google acquires GIF-centered business Tenor
Google has acquired one of the big GIF aggregators, search engines, content and marketing shapers and more in one little package.
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Gboard goes big on GIF creation in the suggestion bar
Google has really gone big on GIFs on iOS, not Android. And this Gboard update keeps the theme up by making the GIF creation easier.
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Google search and Gboard for Android gain voice typing support in 30 new languages
Voice typing is closer and closer to becoming truly ubiquitous on various Google products, including search and the Gboard Android app.
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Google search and Gboard for Android gain voice typing support in 30 new languages
Voice typing is closer and closer to becoming truly ubiquitous on various Google products, including search and the Gboard Android app.
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Gboard for Android gets real-time translations
You can put in text however you like and out comes an instant translation. Gboard for Android also has a few other updates up its sleeve.
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Samsung Fights Verizon over Note 7 and Nokia Launches a Phone | #PNWeekly 231
A power play is taking place between Samsung and Verizon over the Note 7. Is Samsung right for disabling the phone, or is Verizon right for preserving consumer choice? Also, Nokia quietly launches a phone. Fitbit hopes to maintain support for Pebble products, and Apple AirPods are pricey to replace if you lose them.
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Pocketnow Weekly 231
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Samsung VS Verizon: Note 7 Shutdown Showdown
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We have a fight brewing between manufacturer and carrier. Samsung will be disabling the Note 7 through a software update. Verizon has decided not to participate with that update. What responsibilities do tech companies have in enforcing consumer protection situations?
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32:57 | Will Google Assistant put a stop to Samsung’s Viv?
45:14 | Will Galaxy S8 curved screens drive sales? Probably not…
55:51 | HMD quietly launches a phone which North Americans won’t buy!
59:34 | FitBit “hopes” to keep Pebble running through 2017
1:04:41 | T-Mobile won’t sell the Pixel, but you might be able to buy one at a T-Mobile store?
1:14:36 | Google Keyboard is now GBoard on Android
1:16:07 | Will flexible LCDs beat AMOLED for bendy phones?
1:23:03 | Will phone calls be allowed on airplanes?
1:32:43 | Is the world ready to kill 2G? Singapore shutting it down in 2017
Apple Airpods Saga: Pricey to Replace
(01:39:39)
A lot of people hoping for some white AirPods to compliment a white Christmas are apt to be disappointed, as there’s still significant delays in shipping the product. We do have more info on warranty and replacement costs though, and if you lose a Pod or the charge case, it’s not going to be cheap to replace…
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Google Keyboard is now Gboard on Android
Google pounced at the chance to get itself into the third-party keyboard business on iOS with Gboard. Some observers found its features wanting on the Android side with Google Keyboard.
Well, six months later and we finally see an update to Google Keyboard slowly rolling out, transforming the app’s name into “Gboard.”
Courtesy of Android Police and its APKMirror project, we’ve got the changelog:
- G button (enabled in settings) offers quick access to search from the keyboard
- Pop-out toolbar (when G button not enabled) provides access to themes, settings, one-handed mode, and search
- Optional dedicated number row
- Up to three active languages with preference for one (previously had to switch)
- Gesture typing is now called Glide typing.
- Search for emoji
- Rearranged emoji panel with group selection at bottom
- Emoji have bright halo effect around them GIF button is always shown, but disabled in apps without support.
Instant search and image search will be appreciated for those on Android 7.1.1 which finally provides native app support bridges for image keyboards — perhaps part of why Google kept us waiting.
You can click through our Via link to get the .APK or wait for the update to push through.
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Google brings five new languages, GIF suggestions to Gboard keyboard app for iOS
Voice calls, texts, words in general, both spoken and written, appear to be losing steam in modern day-to-day communication. The perfect emoji and a carefully selected GIF can take little effort and convey much more emotion, as well as mystery and ambiguity, than your typical figure of speech.With your emoji game recently upped by SwiftKey’s aptly named Swiftmoji release on Android and iOS, it’s time you also brushed up on your GIF reaction skills today, thanks to Google and its more awkwardly titled Gboard app.Unfortunately for ...
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Google’s Gboard for iOS perfectly integrates search into your keyboard [UPDATE]
Update: A Google product manager on the Gboard team said that they are working on bringing features from the app over to the Android side. We’re not sure in what form the features will come in, though.Our original story is below.If you also feel like most third-party iOS keyboards are always one step behind their Android counterparts, and find the former platform’s built-in app a little lacking in functionality and versatility, we have some pretty big news for you today.Good, potentially ...
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