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Gboard Now Uses AI To Suggest GIFs, Stickers, And Emoji

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Gboard is already very familiar with GIFs, stickers, and emoji, since you can search for them from within the keyboard. However, today’s update automatically surfaces relevant GIFs, stickers, and emoji without the need to search for them. According to Google’s blog post. Gboard will automatically use AI to suggest the aforementioned content. For example, when you type out a phrase like “Good morning,” the “G” logo on the top-left corner of the suggestions strip changes to a GIF button. Tapping the GIF button shows you relevant GIFs, stickers, and emoji. Google was spotted testing the new update with a small group of users back in September. It essentially makes it faster and easier to share your feelings in the form of stickers, GIFs, and emojis. The latest Gboard update also includes more than 40 new language varieties. It comes days after a beta version of Gboard for Android was spotted with a floating keyboard feature. That feature is designed to l...

Swype is discontinued: Here Are the Top 3 Alternatives

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Not long ago, when OS developers were still helping smartphone users getting over with typing easily using one hand, Nuance confirmed the discontinuity of Swype support . For our novice smartphone users who did not know or don’t remember about it, Swype was an android app that provided the capability to compose letters by swiping from letter to letter, as compared to tap letters one by one. With the advent of latest technology and multiple new options, Swype slowly faced issues getting over the competition and now has since been discontinued officially. The company discontinued its Swype and Dragon feature from Android, which featured Dragon"s voice dictation and Swype’s unique swipe-to-type feature. However, the Dragon version still remains for the iOS in the United States, available on the App Store as Dragon Anywhere. The main goal of Nuance was to primarily focus on the AI solution in the continuously evolving enterprise market. They further mentioned that the decision t...