Google’s keyboard app is one of the most comprehensive available not only for Pixel phones but for virtually any device with the Android operating system, directly from the Google Play Store. And from now on This keyboard is even more useful for tablet users.
A new Gboard update allows write by hand in any text field on a tablet, using a stylus or your finger. And beyond writing words or sentences, the application has also integrated very useful gestures for editing texts with a stylus or with your finger.
Write, select and erase using the stylus (or one of your fingers)
This is not the first time that Google has updated Gboard to improve the experience on tablets and foldable phones. In the past, they added the split keyboard to make writing easier when using a tablet (or foldable smartphone) in landscape format. Now the latest update is for improve the experience when we use a stylus.
The update, as revealed Mishaal Rahman in X (Twitter), adds the ability to write by hand with the stylus in any text field. Although Gboard for Android could already recognize handwritten words with the stylus, it is now possible in any text field
- Scratch a word, sentence or even a letter to delete it.
- Draw a circle over a word, phrase or letter to select it.
- Draw an arrow to show exactly where we are going add a letter or word in the text.
- Draw a vertical line to separate text with space, or for join two parts of text They were separated by a space.
- Draw a line down and another to the left to write on the next line.
It is possible to know these gestures and become familiar with them thanks to a tutorial available in the Gboard settings menu.
Image via: @MishaalRahman
Additionally, when you type using a stylus or your finger, a floating menu pill-shaped in which there is quick access to some functions such as delete, enter, insert emoji and more options.
The Gboard update has already started to gradually reach tablet users. That is, it will be available in the coming days or weeks in different territories, until it reaches all users.
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