GBoard integrates an AI-based functionality: text proofreading and reformulation.
We can never praise enough the merits of GBoard, the keyboard for mobiles under Android and iOS created by Google. For almost 7 years, the Mountain View firm has continued to improve this product which has become essential to more than 5 billion users of smartphones in the world. Today, 9 To 5 Google tells us that the company will implement a new feature in its famous mobile keyboard: the “Proofread AI” optionstill in beta.
This new feature relies on generative AI to not only detect spelling and grammar errors, but also make suggestions to correct them. The icing on the cake is that you won’t have no need to re-enter the proposed terms : All you have to do is press the “Fix it” button. If you are now a regular user of Gmail, and even Google Docs, this will inevitably remind you of the functionality offered by these two productivity software.
GBoard is enriched with a tool that will quickly become essential
According to Google, you can “ use Gboard to proofread your text and correct spellinggrammar and punctuation with just one touch “. Users concerned about the privacy of their data should take care to consult Google’s privacy policy and the use of generative AI services to learn how their information is treated. Indeed, the use of Gboard’s replay function is subject to thesending everything you type on the keyboard to the company’s servers.
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This AI-powered proofreading and self-correction tool will make GBoard even more essential to many users, as it is reassuring to know that technology will be there to support you in case of doubt on a formulation or a word. French-speaking users of GBoard, and all other non-English speakers for that matter, will have to wait some time before this functionality is usable in their language. This new tool in beta currently only works in English.