<s>
Gboard	B-Device
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
app	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
release	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
debuting	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
already-established	O
Google	B-Device
Keyboard	I-Device
app	B-Application
on	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
features	O
Google	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
including	O
web	O
results	O
(	O
removed	O
since	O
April	O
2020	O
)	O
and	O
predictive	O
answers	O
,	O
easy	O
searching	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
GIF	O
and	O
emoji	B-Application
content	O
,	O
a	O
predictive	O
typing	O
engine	O
suggesting	O
the	O
next	O
word	O
depending	O
on	O
context	O
,	O
and	O
multilingual	O
language	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updates	O
to	O
the	O
keyboard	O
have	O
enabled	O
additional	O
functionality	O
,	O
including	O
GIF	O
suggestions	O
,	O
options	O
for	O
a	O
dark	O
color	O
theme	O
or	O
adding	O
a	O
personal	O
image	O
as	O
the	O
keyboard	O
background	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
voice	O
dictation	O
,	O
next-phrase	O
prediction	O
,	O
and	O
hand-drawn	O
emoji	B-Application
recognition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
only	O
offered	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
English	O
language	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
languages	O
being	O
gradually	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
months	O
,	O
whereas	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
supported	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
languages	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Gboard	B-Device
passed	O
1	O
billion	O
installs	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Play	O
Store	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
measured	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Play	O
Store	O
and	O
includes	O
downloads	O
by	O
users	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
pre-installed	O
instances	O
of	O
the	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Google	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
including	O
web	O
results	O
(	O
removed	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	B-Application
)	O
and	O
predictive	O
answers	O
,	O
easy	O
searching	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
GIF	O
and	O
emoji	B-Application
content	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
predictive	O
typing	O
engine	O
suggesting	O
the	O
next	O
word	O
depending	O
on	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
May	O
2016	O
launch	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Gboard	B-Device
only	O
supported	O
the	O
English	O
language	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
supported	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
languages	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
states	O
that	O
Gboard	B-Device
will	O
add	O
more	O
languages	O
"	O
over	O
the	O
coming	O
months	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
features	O
Floating	O
Keyboard	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	O
in	O
Gboard	B-Device
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
supports	O
one-handed	O
mode	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
after	O
its	O
May	O
2016	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
app	B-Application
when	O
it	O
was	O
branded	O
as	O
Google	B-Device
Keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gboard	B-Device
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
keyboard	O
layouts	O
including	O
QWERTY	O
,	O
QWERTZ	B-Language
,	O
AZERTY	O
,	O
Dvorak	O
and	O
Colemak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
released	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
added	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
and	O
Spanish	O
languages	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
offering	O
"	O
smart	O
GIF	O
suggestions	O
"	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
keyboard	O
will	O
suggest	O
GIFs	O
relevant	O
to	O
text	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
significantly	O
increased	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
Indian	O
languages	O
supported	O
on	O
Gboard	B-Device
,	O
adding	O
11	O
new	O
languages	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
supported	O
Indian	O
languages	O
to	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
app	B-Application
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
recognition	O
of	O
hand-drawn	O
emoji	B-Application
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
predict	O
whole	O
phrases	O
rather	O
than	O
single	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
functionality	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
come	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
at	O
a	O
later	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
“	O
Emoji	B-Device
Kitchen	I-Device
”	O
was	O
introduced	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
mash	O
up	O
different	O
emoji	B-Application
and	O
use	O
them	O
as	O
stickers	O
when	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grammar	O
correction	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
first	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
praised	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
integrated	O
Google	B-Application
search	I-Application
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
app	B-Application
does	O
not	O
currently	O
support	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
apps	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
queries	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Buy	O
Captain	O
America	O
movie	O
tickets	O
"	O
sends	O
users	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
browser	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
app	B-Application
for	O
movie	O
tickets	O
installed	O
on	O
their	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
discovered	O
that	O
Gboard	B-Device
"	O
cleverly	O
suggests	O
emojis	B-Application
as	O
you	O
type	O
words	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
noted	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
one-handed	O
mode	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
added	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
options	O
for	O
changing	O
color	O
or	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
keys	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
're	O
looking	O
to	O
customize	O
a	O
keyboard	O
,	O
Gboard	B-Device
is	O
n't	O
for	O
you.	O
"	O
</s>
