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 ...

I’ve long believed that Gboard is the Android keyboard king. After all, it’s made by Android’s creator, offers a laundry list of helpful features, and is entrenched deep within Google’s ecosystem.

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, ...

One of Android’s core features is the ability to choose various “default” apps. These are specific apps that are used to ...

While Gboard may be a favorite, there are plenty of robust keyboard alternatives in the Play Store. Swapping out your ...

Using our phone's keyboard — whether in messages or on websites — became a whole lot simpler once the technology moved away from physical keypads to touch screens. Remember having to press a single ...

Ahh — don’t you just love the feeling of a fresh ‘n’ zesty virtual upgrade? Here in the land o’ Android, that doesn’t mean only major new Android versions (and, alas, the woeful waiting that often ...

One of the most recent Android Auto bugs makes typing a nightmare after shutting down the app, as the keyboard becomes so small that users can barely read the key symbols. The issue was reported in ...

Android 15 Developer Preview 1 adds a new “Keyboard vibration” toggle to let users turn off keyboard vibration at a system level. This setting overrides any enabled settings within individual keyboard ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Nirave Gondhia is the Founder & Chief Evangelist at House of Technology, with over 18 years of experience reviewing consumer technology. He's excited about foldable phones and has a unique perspective ...