Android keyboards let you press and hold a key to reveal hidden characters. It's a fast shortcut to typing things like @ or # without switching to the symbols page. For example, pressing and holding ...

You can quickly switch between Gboard's normal and split layout from the toolbar. For now, it seems the new split design is available as a part of Gboard beta v12.9.21 on certain Android tablets.

Google is preparing to add a new 10-button keyboard layout to its Gboard app on Android for faster typing in Hindi.

SwiftKey is, quite simply, the best Android keyboard we've used. With its Swype-like Flow feature and multiple layouts, SwiftKey tops this reviewer's list of Android keyboards.

Gboard is solid keyboard, but there are dozens of other Android keyboards in the Play Store. Some top picks include Swiftkey, Typewise, and Grammarly.

Some apps need keyboard input, and Android TV’s keyboard always worked well. Now, though, Google is changing things up… Google today introduced Gboard for Android TV (via Android Police ).

One great thing about Android is that you can use whatever keyboard suits your needs. Custom dictionaries, themes, layouts, whatever you need, there's a keyboard to match. This week, we want to ...

The 8pen keyboard is free in the Android Market. Pros: 8pen’s large quadrants and function keys are almost impossible to miss. Custom gestures for frequently-used phrases is a powerful time saver.

Root Not Required. Ideally, you should be able to plug the cable into your phone, plug a keyboard into the cable, and start typing. For my phone, that’s exactly how things went: ...

Change your keyboard’s theme and background. Back in the early days of Android, the “stock” keyboard was something of an ugly duckling, with boxy, chunky keys and a single white-on-black theme.

Android users often believe that their smartphone’s on-screen keyboard is their only input option, but in fact they have plenty of good choices. Plus, it’s easy to switch from one input option ...