Besides a pill-shaped tweak for the Suggestion strip, Gboard’s next visual change is a dedicated keyboard Font size setting.
Update 10/15: This Gboard Font size setting is now widely rolling out with the stable version 16.0 release.
Original 9/1: 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.
Top comment by Mateo
Gboard settings desperately need a 'keyboard preview button' or 'try your configuration' text field just like Swiftkey has. It's absolutely mental to me that I have to close the settings to see the change every time I change something within the settings. Just with this alone I had to open and close the settings like six times until I saw the font size that I wanted. It shouldn't be like this.
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%
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