Use your keyboard
You can enter text and use images, like emojis and GIFs. You can change your keyboard language without changing your mobile device's language. You can handwrite words on your keyboard to enter text.
Important: Gboard is available for iPhones and iPads with iOS 9 and up.
Write with Gboard
- On your iPhone or iPad, install Gboard.
- Open any app that you can write with, like Gmail or Keep.
- Tap where you can enter text. From here, you can:
Use emojis & GIFs
Tip: To go back to entering letters, tap ABC.
Customize your keyboard layout
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings.
- Tap General.
- Tap Keyboard 👁 and then
Keyboards. - Add or turn on the layout you want to use.
Add a language
When you use Gboard, your iPhone or iPad's language settings aren't affected.
- On your iPhone or iPad, install Gboard.
- Open any app that you can type with, like Gmail or Keep.
- Tap where you can enter text.
- At the bottom of your keyboard, touch and hold Globe 👁 Globe
. - Tap Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Languages. - Tap Add language.
- Tap the language you want to turn on.
Switch between languages
- On your iPhone or iPad, open any app that you can type with, like Gmail or Keep.
- Tap where you can enter text.
- At the bottom of the keyboard, touch and hold Globe 👁 Globe
. - Tap the language you want to use.