Gboard Draws Criticism After 1-Month iPhone Test Exposes Cursor and Language-Switching Gaps
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Updated · Android Police · Jul 9
Gboard Draws Criticism After 1-Month iPhone Test Exposes Cursor and Language-Switching Gaps
1 articles · Updated · Android Police · Jul 9
Summary
A month of using an iPhone 16e as a primary phone left the author judging Gboard on Android as markedly less polished and responsive when returning to Android devices.
Cursor control drove the sharpest criticism: Apple’s keyboard offers a virtual trackpad with four-direction movement, while Gboard limits gestures to left-right movement and felt sluggish across multiple Android phones.
Language switching was the second major gap. The iOS keyboard surfaces one-tap shortcuts for English, Bengali and Hindi, while Gboard requires a long press on the space bar to choose another keyboard.
The comparison argues that Gboard still leads on feature count, but Apple’s keyboard handles core typing tasks better—raising expectations for speed, precision and ease of switching.