Use writing tools with Gboard

You can use Gboard writing tools to improve your text with ease. With writing tools, you can:

Proofread:Check and correct your texts for grammatical or spelling mistakes.
Rephrase:Offers alternative phrasing for clearer or more appropriate communication.
Professional:Adjusts tone for formal communication.
Friendly:Changes tone to be more casual and approachable.
Emojify:Adds emojis to messages for expressiveness.
Elaborate:Expands text with more details.
Shorten:Condenses text for conciseness.

Prerequisites:

Use writing tools to rewrite existing text

On your Android phone, install Gboard .
Open any app where you can enter text, like Android Messages, Gmail or Keep.
Tap an area where you can enter text and compose a message.
Select the writing tools.
- Alternatively, you can access the writing tools from the Menu.
To select a suggestion or style:
- For grammar and spelling correction:Tap Proofread.
- For alternative phrasing:Tap Rephrase.
- For business-like tone:Tap Professional.
- For warm and informal tone:Tap Friendly.
- For adding emojis:Tap Emojify.
- For adding more details:Tap Elaborate.
- For a more concise texts:Tap Shorten.
Tap Use this.
To revert back to the original text, tap Undo.

Tips:

The first time you load writing tools, it might take a few hours to be ready and requires a stable internet connection.
All proofreading and rewriting of text happens on the device, which ensures your data remain private.
You can review the suggestions and choose to replace the current text in the input field with the suggestion.
While the suggestion loads, you should be able to select all the other rewrite styles.
- When you select another style, it should start to load the suggestion for the new style.
If the original message or the selected text is too long, writing tools automatically selects a shorter segment.
- To adjust the segment, start at the original start-of-selection, select up to the word limit, and end at a paragraph end if possible.
- If the first full paragraph is longer than the word limit, then end at a sentence-end.
When you use the Gmail app, if nothing is selected, writing tools automatically selects the current paragraph and the prior paragraph only.
- Never select additional paragraphs after the current paragraph. The reason is that the quoted part often contains email addresses that cause errors.