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How to access and use emoji on Android
Emoji are a fun way to communicate — or confuse — your friends and family, but if you’ve never used an Android phone, here’s how to use emoji on the Gboard or SwiftKey keyboards.
Google Gboard
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Gboard now suggests GIFs, stickers, and emoji based on your conversation
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Need help finding the perfect GIF, sticker, or emoji for your conversation? Gboard now automatically recommends ones to use.
Memoji
Gboard now lets you make an emoji that looks just like you
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Ever wanted to create your very own emoji that looks just like you? Emoji Minis stickers on Gboard now allow you to do just that!
Floaty and transparent and ghostly
Gboard beta debuts ghostly floating keyboard just in time for Halloween
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Gboard's got a lot of fun features to help make your communication, quick, accurate, and creative, and its newest layout should make it easier to type on large phones or in apps where you need to see more areas of the screen.
Just give it a good whack
If Gboard's acting up on you, give it a reboot
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Glide typing has been misbehaving on Gboard for some users, and Google is working on a fix, but you don't have to wait for them! There's two easy ways to fix it yourself.
Beautiful blob
Android's blob emojis have been revived with new sticker packs
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Google's blob-style emojis were ripped from our hands with Android Oreo, but thanks to new sticker packs for Android Messages and Gboard, you can start using them once again.
Come back squiggly red line we miss you
It's not just you, Gboard's spell checker is broken
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This bug has been around for a while and needs some fixing, pronto!
Support for everyone
Gboard now supports Chinese, Korean, and 20 other new languages
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In its latest language expansion, Gboard is finally gaining support for Korean, Chinese (simplified and traditional), and much more.
Emogi Movie
Emogi for Gboard brings thousands of animated stickers to Android
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Thousands of new animated stickers are now at your disposal with Emogi for Gboard.
Express Yourself
Gboard now lets you use stickers and Bitmoji
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The latest update to Gboard adds support for stickers and Bitmoji, giving you more ways to express yourself in conversations.
More features added
Google flexes machine learning muscles with new features for Gboard
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Google has added some fun and helpful new features to Gboard, which highlight some of its latest machine learning capabilities.
Addressing diversity
Google dramatically improving support for Indian languages
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Google has long held a special focus on the technology needs of India, and is making a big step toward addressing the entire subcontinent with today's announcements of improved language support across multiple products.
Do everything
Gboard update adds a floating keyboard, cursor control, and GIF suggestions
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Gboard has picked up a significant update to version 6.2 that introduces a slew of new features. You can now resize the keyboard for better one-handed use, edit text with ease with cursor control, and get GIF recommendations.
Crystal ball emoji
Here's how to tell your fortune with autocorrect
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The future is now where we don't have to visit a seedy fortune teller to get the scoop. Maybe.
Google Keyboard evolved
How to share GIFs and search for emoji in Gboard
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Gboard for Android supports a super useful but little-known feature: GIF search and sharing. Here's how they work.
That name
Google Keyboard is now 'Gboard' with in-app search, fresh customizations
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Google Keyboard becomes Gboard and is now a search button in a keyboard.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Google Keyboard update adds one-handed mode and much more!
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Google Keyboard is currently receiving a pretty big update that brings along a new one-handed mode, adjustable keyboard height and much more!
Seems Tactile
Google releases new handwriting keyboard for Android
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Google has released a new handwriting keyboard for Android devices today, fittingly called "Google Handwriting Input." Google Handwriting Input works with devices running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) and up, and supports input in both print and cursive writing in a pretty staggering 82 languages — presumably simplifying things from the current system of having separate Google keyboards...
do the math
Google Keyboard. Number Row. Done.
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It takes a few steps, but the Google Keyboard has some useful options tucked inside Here's one of those things that's been around for a little bit, but well hidden. If you're a fan of the stock Google keyboard but would love to have a dedicated number row — particularly given the size of many of today's smartphones — you can do it. It's not just an Android 5.0 Lollipop feature, so you'...
Google Keyboard update brings KitKat features, drops the holo blue
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A little KitKat style on any device running ICS or above The Google Keyboard is getting a nice update that brings it right up to speed with the latest KitKat features and styling, offering what was only available on the Nexus 5 for a few days. Now any device running Android 4.0 or above will see the newer black and grey look (no more holo blue here), along with a few new features. First...