If there’s a famous keyboard in the Android ecosystem, it’s Gboard, because it comes pre-installed on many phones and has over 500 million downloads. How easy it is to overwrite and the number of useful functions it integrates are among its assets. However, even though the functionality was covered in detail in the app, it still had a pending issue: undo errors. What is the same thing Possibility to redo what is written after making a mistake while deleting. However, this situation may change in an instant thanks to the newly discovered feature.

As echoed by Telegram channel Rboard Themes (which aims to customize Gboard with root to enable the latest new features and themes), the latest beta of Gboard, allows you to restore deleted text via an undo button, of course, if there is a function available for all viewers in the final version. Currently, the feature is not available in the latest beta, but users got it to work by enabling a flag.

A powerful (but hidden) undo button appears in Gboard

Recovering deleted text is a classic among physical keyboards, but not all keyboard apps have it. Among the lucky ones, Typewise or Samsung’s default keyboard app that uses swipe gestures to restore text. If implemented on Gboard, The undo button is not displayed as quickly and intuitively by default.however, as seen in the photo, accessing it would require entering a menu.

However, the configuration option will always be among Gboard’s quick actions so it will stay pinned at the top of the keyboard. Journalist specializing in Android This is how Mishaal Rahman tested italso attention future undo button will keep lots of deleted words (In his tests, he managed to restore three paragraphs at once).

When will the undo button reach the general public? A date is unknown, but considering it is a historical demand, we expect Gboard to become a reality in the near future.

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