Use Gboard writing tools on your Googlebook

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.

Writing tools work in the following languages:

• English (Australia, Canada, India, UK, and US)
• Chinese (Simplified)
• French (France and Canada)
• German (Germany)
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)
• Spanish (US, Mexico, and Spain)

Use writing tools to rewrite existing text

Important: Gboard writing tools work in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud. Your input text isn’t shared with Google or any app.

In a text box, with the text you want to rewrite or get suggestions for:

1. Turn on Gboard’s writing tools by pressing Alt + W on your keyboard.
   • You can also turn on writing tools through Quick Insert by pressing Alt + I on your keyboard or the Quick Insert key if your device has one.
2. Select writing tools .
3. To select a suggestion or style:
   • For grammar and spelling correction: Select Proofread .
   • For alternative phrasing: Select Rephrase .
   • For business-like tone: Select Professional .
   • For warm and informal tone: Select Friendly .
   • For adding emojis: Select Emojify .
   • For adding more details: Select Elaborate .
   • For a more concise texts: Select Shorten .
4. Select Use this .
5. To revert back to the original text, Select 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 in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud. Your input text isn’t shared with Google or any app. Learn how Google keeps your data 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 select 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.

Submit a feedback

1. Next to "writing tools," select Menu .
2. Select Report content Report this Get Started.