{"id":30674,"date":"2017-06-20T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=30674"},"modified":"2018-04-11T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T08:08:34","slug":"gboard-search-emoji-doodles-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/gboard-search-emoji-doodles-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Emojis in Gboard  Using Doodles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/gboard-for-android\/\">Gboard for Android<\/a> users will <strong>no longer need to scroll through the entire emoji library<\/strong> to find that specific one they need as an update Google has enabled the keyboard to <strong>make emoji search a lot easier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So how did Google improve upon the emoji search? By <strong>using the power of doodles<\/strong>! Now, when you access Gboard\u2019s emoji tab, you\u2019ll be able to see a<strong> handwriting icon located inside the emoji search box<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/gboard-search-app-ios\/\">Gboard now comes with Google\u2019s search app for iOS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/gboard-search-emoji-doodles-android\/01-type-a-message.jpg\" width=\"1489\" height=\"810\" alt=\"type a message\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tapping on it will <strong>open up a blank space<\/strong> in which you\u2019ll be able to <strong>draw an image of the emoji <\/strong>you\u2019re looking for. As you doodle on the space, Gboard will <strong>publish a list of emojis that may fit the image<\/strong> that you\u2019re currently doodling. Once the emoji you want appears, all you need to do is <strong>tap on it to add it to your message<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/gboard-search-emoji-doodles-android\/02-doodle.jpg\" width=\"1489\" height=\"1056\" alt=\"doodle\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Doodle-powered emoji search aside<\/strong>, Gboard for Android has also received improvements in other areas as well. For those who frequently text messages to others, Google has implemented a feature called <strong>phrase suggestions to Gboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by machine learning, this system will allow Gboard to suggest phrases that would <strong>connect naturally with the sentence that is currently being constructed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/gboard-search-emoji-doodles-android\/03-suggest-phrase.gif\" width=\"432\" height=\"513\" alt=\"suggest phrase\"><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, Google has made the <strong>keyboard\u2019s search functionality a lot more useful<\/strong> as it can now <strong>showcase multiple results<\/strong>. In addition to that, Gboard can now launch the necessary app or service depending on the search result that you\u2019ve selected. 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