Speaking of emoji, the update rearranged emoji panel with group selection at bottom. When G button is not enabled, a pop-out toolbar is available that provides access to themes, settings, one-handed mode, as well as search.įurthermore, the latest version of Gboard allows users to search for emoji. Google added a G button (enabled in settings) that allows for quick access to search from the keyboard.
GIF support has been made widely available on Android devicesĪccording to AndroidPolice, aside from making GIF support widely available to Android devices, the latest Gboard update enables up to three active languages with preference for one.Īlso, gesture typing has been renamed to Glide typing, and there's a new optional dedicated number row. Obviously, other keyboard apps like SwiftKey could add GIF support in the future, especially that the new feature is supported by just about any Android device. However, it will remain available on supported apps like Hangouts and Messenger. The good news is that, with Gboard 6.0, this feature is not exclusive to devices powered by Android 7.1 Nougat or newer.
The most important seems to be the fact that it brings GIF support to devices that are not running Android 7.1 Nougat.Īs some of you might know by now, Google introduced GIF support for keyboards in Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, which was released earlier this month to Nexus and Pixel devices. However, Google didn't just change the name of its application and re-released it in the Play store but it also added a slew of new features. If any of the animations are messing up your conversation in a continuous loop, just close the chatroom and reinitiate the chatroom.Google's Gboard application, which was launched on iOS a while ago, has just made it to Android in the form of an update to Google Keyboard. “/ponies”ĭid that pony just ran past the screen? “/ponystreams” No idea what this is supposed to be but a dinosaur makes an appearance. “/pitchforks”įrankenstein went that way, guys. Want to see the background of your chatroom switch colors? Randomize it with /bikeshed. Note that this celebratory gesture only works with the two exclamation points included. More enthusiastic animation coming from yellow emoji character. No rolling in the chatroom reported, when triggered. (The GIF makes more sense.) “rofl”įox and duck returns with the same antics. If you go “lmao” rather than “lol” whenever something funny pops up in your conversations, get ready to be terrorized by a fox clown and gentleman duck. Haha emoji character returns, this time from the left side of the chat room, chuckling away.
Time to celebrate the new year with… a fox and a duck? “hehehehe” “happy birthday”Ĭake, anyone? It’s non-fat digital, courtesy of Google. Put in 4 sets of “ha” to see an animated emoji character pop up and laugh. Recommended Reading: 23 Clever and Funny Use of Emojis “hahahaha” Here are some of the trigger words you can try out, and the effects to expect splashed across your Hangouts chatroom. Typing text like lmao, rofl and woot will make animated emoji come to life. On the not-so-serious side, you can also trigger easter eggs hidden in the Hangouts chatrooms. It is also home to plenty of interesting things like chatbots which you can add as contacts and make them do things like translate languages and do math for you.
Google Hangouts is one of the best ways to continuously stay connected on smartphone and desktop either via text or video calls.