# Gboard - the Google Keyboard

Google Play app · by Google LLC · Tools

Gboard - the Google Keyboard has 13,844,707,929 installs (+0.3% this week), rated 4.5 from 18,883,713 ratings, \#7 of 222,507 in Tools.

## Figures

- Installs: 13,844,707,929
- Rating: 4.5 · 18,883,713 ratings
- Price: Free
- In-app purchases: no
- 7-day growth in installs: +47,689,861 (+0.3%) (+104,526,905 over 15.3 days)
- Rank: #14 of 2,693,041 by installs on Google Play
- Rank: #7 of 222,507 in Tools

## Reviews

- Ratings by stars: 5★ 76% · 4★ 11% · 3★ 4% · 2★ 2% · 1★ 6% (18,883,681 ratings)
- Critical reviews (from the reviews Google Play shows first, in any language):
  - 1★ 2026-10-05, مسعود نجار خدابخش: after latest version on Android 12, the clipboard has gone! clipboard only work when change to Samsung keyboard or others ...
  - 1★ 2026-10-05, N C.: its terrible and has a black board under after the newest update. plz fix it bc the keyboard doesnt work properly!!!
  - 1★ 2026-10-05, Lucky B.T Onakovwen: my keyboard no longer auto correct, please you guys should do something about it
  - 1★ 2026-10-05, Udoka Orakwue: nice
  - 1★ 2026-10-05, GOLLAR HUDUG ATTITUDE KING SHRIRAMA YADAV: not updated in new modal

## Description

Gboard has everything you love about Google Keyboard—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, voice typing, Handwriting, and more  
  
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter  
  
Voice typing — Easily dictate text on the go  
  
Handwriting\* — Write in cursive and printed letters  
  
Emoji Search\* — Find that emoji, faster  
  
GIFs\* — Search and share GIFs for the perfect reaction.  
  
Multilingual typing — No more switching between languages manually. Gboard will autocorrect and suggest from any of your enabled languages.  
  
Google Translate — Translate as you type in the keyboard  
  
\* Not supported on Android Go devices  
Hundreds of language varieties, including:  
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Burmese, Cebuano, Chhattisgarhi, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Chittagonian, Czech, Deccan, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Magahi, Maithili, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Northern Sotho, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Somali, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, and many more! Visit https://goo.gl/fMQ85U for the full list of languages supported  
  
Wear OS support: Everything you love about the Google Keyboard now available on your watch—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, Voice Typing, and more  
  
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter  
  
Voice Typing — Easily dictate text on the go  
  
Emoji Typing — Find your favorite emojis on your wrist  
  
All Wear OS languages supported, including:  
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and many more!  
  
Pro tips:  
• Gesture cursor control: Slide your finger across the space bar to move the cursor  
• Gesture delete: Slide left from the delete key to quickly delete multiple words  
• Make the number row always available (enable in Settings → Preferences → Number Row)  
• Symbols hints: Show quick hints on your keys to access symbols with a long press (enable in Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols)  
• One handed mode: On large screen phones, pin keyboard to the left or the right of the screen  
• Themes: Choose your own theme, with or without key borders

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Source: https://storetally.com/ext/googleplay/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin  
As of 2026-10-13, from the StoreTally census.