As a long-time Android user, the Gboard virtual QWERTY has always been my keyboard choice especially since everything I need is just a tap away. Earlier this year Google slowly started to rollout a revised customizable toolbar for Gboard and now the dissemination of the update has picked up speed. If you’re a member of the Gboard Beta program and have version 13 running, you should have the revised Gboard toolbar on your Android phone right now.
Update to Gboard allows users to customize the toolbar
Let’s say that your Gboard toolboard currently includes Stickers, GIFs, Google Translate, Settings, Floating (to have the QWERTY float on your display), and Theme. But you want to replace the Theme icon with the Voice icon. So after you tap the round circle icon with four squares inside, long-press on the Theme icon and drag it down to under the heading that says “Hold and drag to customize.” You then long-press on the Voice icon and drag it to where the Theme icon previously was. Release your finger, and that is all there is to it.
You need to be a Gboard Beta tester to customize the toolbar now
The update does allow you to customize the Gboard toolbar to have the features you use the most right at your fingertips. And eventually, the new Gboard toolbar will be available for all Android users of the app.
