There are many, many keyboard apps in the Play Store, but Google Keyboard has long been my go-to option. With the Gboard re-branding, Google added a few long-awaited features like multiple active languages and integrated search. In the new app, you can now tap a Google logo to start your search – a tweak that makes access to Google search a bit more obvious. That was enough to push it over the 500 million download threshold, joining apps like Photos, Dropbox, and Super-Bright LED Flashlight.

Gboard will work in over 100 languages as it rolls out today to all markets, and more will be added in time.

 

Google has updated its iOS app to bring this pretty significant upgrade. Starting now, the app has Google’s Gboard keyboard built in to it. What that means is that if you have the Google app installed, you can enable Gboard without needing to download it separately.