After beta testing started last month, Gboard for Android is now rolling out the Emoji, GIF, and Sticker picker redesign to stable users.
The primary change is to bottom navigation. “ABC” at the left is placed in a pill, while Emoji, GIF, Sticker, and Emoticon are housed in rounded rectangles. These containers are a bit wide, and will most likely not fit in a single screen. That said, you can still tap the last time without scrolling.
Old vs. new
Instead of a button for delete, you now get a FAB (floating action button) that only appears when text has been entered. It somewhat hides what is underneath.
The contents of each picker are mostly unchanged (emoji sections are no longer all upper-cased), while the top row removes the header between back and search. As such, you get to see more expressive categories.
Finally, Google has removed the “All” page that combines recent emoji, Emoji Kitchen creations, and GIFs. This redesign is also reflected on Android tablets.
We’re seeing this Emoji, GIF, and Sticker picker redesign roll out with a server-wide update to the latest Gboard stable release (version 15.3).
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