You can change how Gboard looks, sounds, and vibrates.
Important: If your device's vibration settings are turned off, your Gboard's vibration settings will be overridden.
Important: If your device uses Android 8 (Go edition), some of these steps might not work.
Important:
- Talk-to-text doesn't work with all languages.
- Some of these steps work only on Android 7.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version .
Change how your keyboard looks
You can change your keyboard theme. To give your Gboard a background, like a photo or a color:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
- Tap System Languages & input.
- Tap Virtual Keyboard Gboard.
- Tap Theme.
- Pick a theme. Then tap Apply.
Change how your keyboard sounds & vibrates
To pick whether your keyboard makes sounds or vibrations, and how loud or strong they are:
- On your Android phone or tablet, install Gboard .
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap System Languages & input.
- Tap Virtual Keyboard Gboard.
- Tap Preferences.
- Scroll down to "Key press."
- Pick an option. For example:
- Sound on keypress
- Volume on keypress
- Haptic feedback on keypress
- Vibration strength on keypress