![]() You will also now be able to share GIFs in selected apps like Hangouts, Allo, Snapchat, and Messenger. Typing the word sushi will bring about a sushi emoji in the suggestion strip so that your message will look cuter if you add that emoji. Google Hangouts is one of the best ways to continuously stay connected on smartphone and desktop either via text or video calls.Emojis and GIFs have become second (and third) languages for most people today, and so when you’re typing with actual words, it also helps to see suggestions for them as well. It is also home to plenty of interesting things like chatbots which you can add as contacts and make them do things like translate languages and do math for you. On the not-so-serious side, you can also trigger easter eggs hidden in the Hangouts chatrooms. Typing text like lmao, rofl and woot will make animated emoji come to life. Recommended Reading: 23 Clever and Funny Use of Emojis “hahahaha” Here are some of the trigger words you can try out, and the effects to expect splashed across your Hangouts chatroom. Put in 4 sets of “ha” to see an animated emoji character pop up and laugh. Time to celebrate the new year with… a fox and a duck? “hehehehe” “happy birthday”Ĭake, anyone? It’s non-fat digital, courtesy of Google. Haha emoji character returns, this time from the left side of the chat room, chuckling away. If you go “lmao” rather than “lol” whenever something funny pops up in your conversations, get ready to be terrorized by a fox clown and gentleman duck. (The GIF makes more sense.) “rofl”įox and duck returns with the same antics. No rolling in the chatroom reported, when triggered. ![]() More enthusiastic animation coming from yellow emoji character. Note that this celebratory gesture only works with the two exclamation points included. Want to see the background of your chatroom switch colors? Randomize it with /bikeshed. “/pitchforks”įrankenstein went that way, guys. “/ponies”ĭid that pony just ran past the screen? “/ponystreams” No idea what this is supposed to be but a dinosaur makes an appearance. If any of the animations are messing up your conversation in a continuous loop, just close the chatroom and reinitiate the chatroom.Google's Gboard application, which was launched on iOS a while ago, has just made it to Android in the form of an update to Google Keyboard. However, Google didn't just change the name of its application and re-released it in the Play store but it also added a slew of new features. The most important seems to be the fact that it brings GIF support to devices that are not running Android 7.1 Nougat.Īs some of you might know by now, Google introduced GIF support for keyboards in Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, which was released earlier this month to Nexus and Pixel devices. The good news is that, with Gboard 6.0, this feature is not exclusive to devices powered by Android 7.1 Nougat or newer. However, it will remain available on supported apps like Hangouts and Messenger. Obviously, other keyboard apps like SwiftKey could add GIF support in the future, especially that the new feature is supported by just about any Android device. ![]() GIF support has been made widely available on Android devicesĪccording to AndroidPolice, aside from making GIF support widely available to Android devices, the latest Gboard update enables up to three active languages with preference for one.Īlso, gesture typing has been renamed to Glide typing, and there's a new optional dedicated number row. Google added a G button (enabled in settings) that allows for quick access to search from the keyboard. When G button is not enabled, a pop-out toolbar is available that provides access to themes, settings, one-handed mode, as well as search.įurthermore, the latest version of Gboard allows users to search for emoji. Speaking of emoji, the update rearranged emoji panel with group selection at bottom.
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