Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
TL;DR Gboard is making it easier to spot and undo unwanted auto-corrections by highlighting any text it automatically changes.
The new feature lets you see exactly which words were changed after you’ve finished typing a sentence.
Tapping on a highlighted word reveals the original text as a suggestion, allowing you to quickly revert the correction with a single tap.
It’s significantly easier to make mistakes while typing on a smartphone than on a PC, which is why keyboard apps like Gboard have aggressive auto-correction tools turned on by default. While auto-correction is generally helpful, it can sometimes choose the wrong word, an error you might not notice without proofreading. To make it easier to spot these unwanted auto-corrections, Gboard will now highlight text it has changed, letting you tap to undo them later.
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Over the weekend, Discord user winner00 informed me that he saw a new tooltip while writing with Gboard. The tooltip appeared after he had finished writing a sentence, and it read, “tap highlighted text to undo auto-correction.” I also received this tooltip on one of my devices, as you can see below.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority
Tapping the highlighted text reveals the original word as a suggestion, which you can then select to undo the auto-correction.
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