#Gboard v7.5

The latest Gboard update landed a couple of days ago with "Minis" sticker packs, a feature developed originally for the Allo messenger. However, as the story often goes with Gboard, there's still more to be seen with a teardown. There are the first hints about clipboard integration and some kind of hotkey support for Chrome OS. Follow-ups are also here for a previously spotted floating keyboard and the morse code input introduced earlier this year.

The latest update includes a couple vague hints that some type of integration with the clipboard is in the works.

The "access point" in the name refers to the screen where the clipboard button will exist, it shares the same position with other features like the Text Editing tools and One-handed mode, and it can be rearranged to appear in the toolbar at the top. To go with the line of text (and a matching array entry, not included), there is also an icon which will look like this when the feature goes live.

Unfortunately, there's not much to look at in terms of functionality. I can only guess as to what we'll see, but I have a feeling this will be a fairly traditional clipboard manager with a history of recent clips that can be immediately pasted into the current text field.

Gboard + Chrome OS: Shortcut keys

Google announced that Gboard will be making its way to Chrome OS later this year. In fact, the anticipated timeline has this occurring next month. I can't say whether the original deadline is still intact, but it looks like one of the first new features may be sneaking in with this update.

 A small batch of new lines was added that explains users can assign behaviors to a key combination – basically, creating keyboard shortcuts.

External hardware for Morse code

A new morse code input mode received a bit of attention during Google I/O in May, but besides adding a miniaturized version, there haven't been a lot of changes. However, Google is adding support for external switches to directly control the morse keyboard.

Filtering racy GIFs

It's a small detail, but Gboard now has an internal setting for a filter that will eliminate racy GIFs from search – it'll remove anything that might be inappropriate for younger users. I'm not sure if this will become a proper setting in Gboard, but it would be nice to have the same option to control GIF filtering as we have for blocking offensive words.

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Source:AndroidPolice

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