Use writing tools with Gboard
You can use Gboard writing tools to improve your text with ease. With writing tools, you can:
- Proofread: Check and correct your texts for grammatical or spelling mistakes.
- Rephrase: Offers alternative phrasing for clearer or more appropriate communication.
- Professional: Adjusts tone for formal communication.
- Friendly: Changes tone to be more casual and approachable.
- Emojify: Adds emojis to messages for expressiveness.
- Elaborate: Expands text with more details.
- Shorten: Condenses text for conciseness.
Prerequisites:
- Have a supported device.
- Set Gboard as default keyboard.
- Update to the latest version of Gboard.
- Supported languages:
- English (Australia, Canada, India, UK, and US)
- Chinese (Simplified)
- French (France and Canada)
- German (Germany)
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)
- Spanish (US, Mexico, and Spain)
Use writing tools to rewrite existing text
Important: Gboard writing tools work in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud. Your input text isn’t shared with Google or any app.
- On your Android phone, install Gboard.
- Open any app where you can enter text, like Android Messages, Gmail or Keep.
- Tap an area where you can enter text and compose a message.
- Select the writing tools 👁 Image
.- Alternatively, you can access the writing tools from the Menu 👁 Image
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- Alternatively, you can access the writing tools from the Menu 👁 Image
- To select a suggestion or style:
- For grammar and spelling correction: Tap Proofread 👁 Image
. - For alternative phrasing: Tap Rephrase 👁 Image
. - For business-like tone: Tap Professional 👁 Image
. - For warm and informal tone: Tap Friendly 👁 Image
. - For adding emojis: Tap Emojify 👁 Add reaction
. - For adding more details: Tap Elaborate 👁 Image
. - For a more concise texts: Tap Shorten 👁 Image
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- For grammar and spelling correction: Tap Proofread 👁 Image
- Tap Use this 👁 Image
. - To revert back to the original text, tap Undo 👁 Image
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Tips:
- The first time you load writing tools, it might take a few hours to be ready and requires a stable internet connection.
- All proofreading and rewriting of text happens in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud. Your input text isn’t shared with Google or any app. Learn how Google keeps your data private.
- You can review the suggestions and choose to replace the current text in the input field with the suggestion.
- While the suggestion loads, you should be able to select all the other rewrite styles.
- When you select another style, it should start to load the suggestion for the new style.
- If the original message or the selected text is too long, writing tools automatically selects a shorter segment.
- To adjust the segment, start at the original start-of-selection, select up to the word limit, and end at a paragraph end if possible.
- If the first full paragraph is longer than the word limit, then end at a sentence-end.
- When you use the Gmail app, if nothing is selected, writing tools automatically selects the current paragraph and the prior paragraph only.
- Never select additional paragraphs after the current paragraph. The reason is that the quoted part often contains email addresses that cause errors.
Submit a feedback
- Next to "writing tools," tap Menu 👁 More
. - Tap Report content 👁 and then
Report this 👁 and then
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Supported devices
- Pixel: 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL
- Honor: Magic 7 Pro, Magic 7
- Motorola: Razr 60 Ultra
- OnePlus: 13, 13s
- OPPO: Find X8, Find X8 Pro, Reno14 Pro
- POCO: F7 Ultra, X7 Pro
- realme: GT 7 Pro, GT 7T
- vivo: X200, X200 Pro
- Xiaomi: 15 Ultra, 15