Besides a pill-shaped tweak for the Suggestion strip, Gboard’s next visual change is a dedicated keyboard Font size setting.
Once available on your device, Gboard will display a “Keyboard font size updated” banner. Tapping the gear takes you to Settings > Preferences > Font size (under Appearance).
“Match System” is the default behavior, while there are increments that range from 85% to 200%. (The screenshots below are from a Pixel 10.) Besides the letters/numbers in each key, the tool icons in the above strip are also adjusted.
L-R: 85, 100, 115, 130, 150, 180, 200%
What increment you choose does not impact the size of emoji (just the category titles).
This lets you customize Gboard’s size independent of Android’s Display size and text (on Pixel) preference, with the adjustments a bit more drastic. So far, we’re seeing this on some devices running the latest Gboard beta (version 15.9). It’s not yet widely rolled out even in the preview channel.
100 vs. 200%
More on Gboard:
- Gboard suggestions are now pills, getting simplified settings
- Pixel 10 gets new Journal app, Recorder music creator, Gboard Smart Edit, more
- Gboard rolling out ‘Autofill with Google’ to browse passwords, credit cards
- Gboard update brings back original Emoji, GIF picker
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