[iOS] Google Gboard - Combines a keyboard with Google Search

[Arthur]

Google Blog / Download (App Store)

 

Gboard is a new keyboard from Google for your iPhone. It has all the things you would expect from a great keyboard — GIFs, emojis, and Glide Typing — plus 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

 

Privacy

We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private.

 

What Gboard sends to Google:

• When you do a search, Gboard sends your query to Google’s web servers so Google can process your query and send you search results.
  
• Gboard also sends anonymous statistics to Google to help us diagnose problems when the app crashes and to let us know which features are used most often.
  

What Gboard doesn’t send to Google:

• Everything else. Gboard will remember words you type to help you with spelling or to predict searches you might be interested in, but this data is stored only on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps other than Gboard.
  

 

 

[Norphy]

So you have google track every dang thing you type? No thanks!

[Arthur]

So you have google track every dang thing you type? No thanks!

The keyboard doesn't send everything you type to Google (unless you know something we don't?)...

 

[Brimstone]

Not yet available in the UK store..

[Norphy]

The keyboard doesn't send everything you type to Google (unless you know something we don't?)...

 

I admit I jumped to a conclusion there but I still don't trust Google with something like that. This is a company that is more than happy to crawl your emails to advertise at you.

[Zoom7000]

Not yet available in the UK store..

 

Yeah, neither Gboard or Microsoft's recently released Word Flow keyboards are available in the UK yet...

[j_the_geek]

If anyone is still interested, GBoard is now in the UK.

 

I've used it briefly and it has to be the quickest (and stable) keyboard for iOS I've used so far. The 'flow' keyboard is very quick and fairly accurate.

[Arthur]

Gboard is now available for Android. See article below for more details.

 

www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/12/google-keyboard-now-gboard-v6-0-update-includes-integrated-search-dedicated-number-row-multiple-active-languages-apk-download/

(APK: www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/gboard/gboard-6-0-65-141378828-release/)

[Zoom7000]

Gboard is now available for Android. See article below for more details.

 

www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/12/google-keyboard-now-gboard-v6-0-update-includes-integrated-search-dedicated-number-row-multiple-active-languages-apk-download/

(APK: www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/gboard/gboard-6-0-65-141378828-release/)

 

Kinda shocked that it took them this long to release it for their own platform! 🤔