Friday, May 13, 2016

Gboard: search for information, GIFs and emojis straight form your keypad

Google today released an app for iOS devices called "GBoard" that allows you to perform Google searches directly from your keypad. It allows users to send information like weather forecasts, business listings, locations, and more, as well as GIFs, and of course emojis straight from your keypad saving you the trouble of exiting your screen to open a browser or the google app before performing the same operations.


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source: Techcrunch




It even allows you to search for emojis rather than scrolling through the sea of available ones to find the one you're looking for. It also has glide typing, which allows you to type by sliding your finger from letter to letter.


source: google blog
The functionalities of this app definitely come in handy, considering stats from eMarketer that states that mobile device users this year will spend 3 hours 15 minutes per day using apps and just 51 minutes using browsers.

This app is currently available for download at the App store but is only available in English 


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