Gboard now allows you to communicate in morse also from iPhone

One of the keyboards most used by everyone on Android is, of course, Gboard, the keyboard owned by Google. With Gboard we can do much more than just write. We can search for emoticons, GIFs, implement stickers from third-party applications, change keyboard themes... In short, it is one of the best tools we have to communicate with our friends, family and acquaintances, as well as being constantly updated, looking for new elements. to include and enrich what we call communication, something that sometimes seems to cost us much more than normal.

Now, iPhone users can type in Morse thanks to the Google keyboard, Gboard. If you don't know Morse code, nothing happens, since the application itself will reveal how to write the word you want to communicate to your contact. You can see it in the following screenshots that we link to you. Just below the word in question we can see its equivalent in Morse code, consisting of a sequence of dots and hyphens If you are an Android user and you are curious to try the dictionary morse, however it is only available in the Beta version of Gboard and in English. If you still want to keep testing it, this is what you should do.

First, let's go to the Gboard Beta group link. Here we simply have to click on the 'Become a tester' button and wait a few seconds.Then go to the Android Play Store and check that you have an update. As soon as you install it, you will be a member of the Gboard Android keyboard Beta testers group and get news and updates before it officially reaches other users.

Now, we are going to go to the settings of our Android phone, then to 'System'>'Languages ​​and input'>Virtual keyboard'>'Gboard'Next, we are going to add the English language of the United States to our keyboard and click on it. A new screen will open with different keyboards. We are going to go to the last one, in which you can read 'Morse Code'. We activate it.

And this is what our keyboard should now look like.Don't forget to do the reverse process to choose your normal language again, because now you will write with points and lines only. You can also switch between keyboards by holding down for a few seconds the space bar on the Gboard.

Why would we write in morse code?

Google wants to continue improving the Morse language to make it even more accessible from its Gboard keyboard. And why, you may be wondering more than one? The Internet giant has teamed up with app developer with cerebral palsy, Tania Finlayson, to improve the implementation of Morse keypad to help people with reduced mobility. Tania cannot move any of her extremities and writing with a physical keyboard using the only mobility of her head appears to her as an almost impossible goal to achieve.

Writing with dashes and dots, of course, makes work easier and makes life easier for people who don't have it easy at all. Morse code facilitated, in times past, communication through the telegraph. Already in disuse, we may be witnessing a renaissance of the language thanks to the use that people with reduced mobility can make of it. And don't worry, if you're a bit lost in this Morse code, Google has a game for you, so you can learn while having fun.