On the occasion of the release of Android 13 DP2, Google confirmed its commitment to devices with large screens, such as tablets and foldable smartphones. Too bad, however, that the Californian company is not commendable from all points of view, just think of the user experience offered by your Gboard keyboard.
Coming to a new layout for Gboard?
If you have used Gboard on a tablet or on a foldable smartphone, you will surely agree that you are faced with a mediocre solution, with the keyboard that ends up occupying a large portion of the screen making the experience frustrating most of the time. writing. However, things could change soon, as some innovations spotted in the beta version of the application suggest.
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Apparently, Google is working on the possibility of enabling a layout with the split keyboard, even if it is a function that already appeared in the keyboard of Android 6 and never appeared in a definitive capacity, neither on Android nor on Gboard. So far, this has not been particularly felt, also given the period of stagnation of tablets, but with the advent of leaflets and with Google’s renewed interest in tablets, things could finally reach the much-desired turning point.
As reported by Android Police in a recent beta version of the application (version 11.5.05.427194903) a new toggle has appeared that refers to a split version of the keyboard, with the possibility of bringing back some keys on both halves. In reality, the new layout is not visible, not even on a folding smartphone, but the feeling is that Google has finally decided to find a solution to the age-old problem.
It is interesting to note that the item appears on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 only using the internal screen, while it disappears, to be replaced by the one-handed mode toggle, using the external screen of the smartphone. Will the new keyboard be released together with the highly anticipated Google Pixel Notepad or will we see it in advance on the leaflets already on the market, to avoid nasty surprises?