I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

I ditched Gboard for this.

Android 16 adds the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts. This feature first went live in Android 16 Beta 2. While you can’t assign custom key combinations to every available shortcut, you can ...

For many users, the default keyboard size on Android devices can be too small, leading to typing inaccuracies and frustration. Fortunately, Android offers several ways to increase the keyboard size, ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. While Android is certainly a mature operating system when it comes to smartphones, it still has a long way to go before it ...

To set up custom text shortcuts on Android, use your keyboard’s settings. For Gboard, go to Settings > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary, then add a word and its shortcut. On Samsung Keyboard, navigate ...

For all the things I’m endlessly tweaking and fine-tuning on my mobile devices, my Android keyboard app is typically quite constant. That’s why I’ve found myself so pleasantly surprised to see how ...

It can be difficult knowing every setting a smartphone offers. Just like being able to increase the internet speed on an Android phone, knowing how to change the size of your keyboard can provide a ...

There used to be many phones with a keyboard, but now it's just a few, and they aren't exactly great. We have an awesome solution, though!