Gboard preps for Android 15 alongside auto-correct upgrades (APK teardown)

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Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority

• Google could remove Gboard’s keyboard switcher gesture in preparation for Android’s revamped keyboard switcher button.
• The keyboard app could also get a new auto-correct option to help you fix your sentences.
• Google is also working on a new edit button for the app’s customization menu.

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Google is testing a new keyboard switcher button that could arrive with Android 15 QPR1. This button will let users change the current keyboard with a single tap or open the keyboard switcher menu with a long press. In preparation for this change, Google seems to be disabling the long press gesture to switch between keyboards in the Gboard app.


Currently, the Gboard app lets you switch between keyboards with a long press of the spacebar if you use two or more languages or keyboard layouts. New code spotted in the latest Gboard beta (version 14.6.02.665297282) suggests that Google plans to deprecate this gesture in a future update, likely to give users a more consistent experience when the revamped keyboard switcher button arrives with Android 15 QPR1.



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