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Gboard Testing Circle, Pill-Shaped Keys On Android

Google Gboard for Android is introducing circle or pill-shaped keys for some beta testers today. "Instead of the key borders being rounded rectangles, Gboard is switching to circles and pills for letters, while the space bar and other keys are now pill-shaped," reports 9to5Google. "While there shoul...

Google Gboard for Android is introducing circle or pill-shaped keys for some beta testers today. "While there should be no functional change to touch targets, these new shapes really shift the look of Gboard for Android." However, it's a bit cramped if you have "Long press for symbols" enabled, which goes from the top-right corner to being directly above the letter.

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