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Gboard for Android is the latest Google app to hit 10 billion downloads on the Play Store. The listing says...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That's only because it's forcibly downloaded as the stock keyboard on some devices, haha. For me, personally: Go HeliBoard!

[–] phlegmy 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for this! I recently switched phones and was pretty upset when I couldn't find openBoard on fdroid or the play store.
I've been getting by alright with fossify keyboard, but I'm so happy to see openboard's been forked!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, and you can even download a local swipe package for it. I think it can't do open-source speech-to-text, but that's a small price to pay for a nearly fully key-customizable keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I like Heliboard but its prediction can be wildly frustrating sometimes. At least when using a swipe library with it.

[–] Slax 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for making me aware of this I'll try it out.

I know there's a lot of issues with this group of developers but I'm enjoying FUTO Keyboard