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TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Gboard could get a variety of tweaks and additions.
The keyboard app could soon let you add Emoji Kitchen combos to a favorites list.
We also discovered a SmartEdit feature and evidence of tighter integration with the Pixel 10’s Magic Cue feature.
Gboard recently gained the ability to create stickers without using Pixel Studio, but it looks like Google isn’t stopping there. In fact, the company is working on a slew of other tweaks and additions to its popular keyboard app.
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We conducted a teardown of the Gboard app for Android (version 15.5.5.766552071-beta-arm64-v8a) and discovered several changes. For starters, Google could soon let you add Emoji Kitchen combos to a favorites list. Check out our screenshots below.
This would be a useful addition, allowing you to quickly send your desired emoji mashups to someone. This would be a welcome change from putting them together from scratch or visiting the page of recently used combos. The third screenshot above also shows that Gboard could get a search bar in the Emoji Kitchen panel, although this seems to duplicate the search bar in the Emoji Kitchen’s browse page.
We also discovered evidence of a so-called “SmartEdit” feature in Gboard. Our uncovered excerpts, seen below, suggest that this allows you to use your voice to edit text.
Code Copy Text SmartEdit helps you add, remove, or replace words easily with just your voice. To apply your edits, your editing commands and text that’s edited will be sent to Google and temporarily processed. No audio or voice data is sent. Your use of the SmartEdit feature in Gboard is subject to the Generative AI Terms of Service. To learn how your data is handled, visit the Google Privacy Policy SmartEdit with Gboard
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