Google Keyboard is a completely adequate alternative text input, but if you're looking for more features consider shelling out for a competitor. Perhaps taking a page from Apple's playbook, Google has ...

Dan Seifert is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the technology world for over a decade at The Verge. Google has been progressively ...

GIFa have become an important part of how we communicate with others, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. While apps like Facebook Messenger have built-in GIF support, though, the stock ...

It's rare, though not unheard of, for Google to launch a mobile app that is either an iOS exclusive or an iOS first. Especially for something as utilitarian as a virtual keyboard. Alas, that is ...

A new update for the official Google Keyboard has landed on the Play Store, bringing with it some useful new features, while simultaneously chucking out a few less popular options. Unfortunately, ...

Google has added an interesting new feature to its Gboard Android keyboard app. It’s called floating keyboard, and it may just be the answer to your problems if your swanky new bezel-less smartphone ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

Google has rolled out a new keyboard for Android with a ton of new features including gesture cursor control, swipe delete, and a new single-handed mode. The new Google keyboard for Android is a major ...

We’ve written before about how Google is working behind-the-scenes to break different Android components out from the core of the operating system. This allows the company to update the OS without ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Google Keyboard is a completely adequate alternative text ...

Perhaps taking a page from Apple's playbook, Google has incorporated the ideas pioneered first by Swype and then SwiftKey and rolled outtheir own keyboard app. The app includes Swype-sorry, "gesture ...