Gboard is now changing the navigation bar on many smartphones. What does it look like

Google’s proprietary keyboard for Android for a long time did not affect the navigation bar with the Back, Home and Recent buttons (or gesture strip) – regardless of the Gboard theme, this strip at the very bottom of the screen remained either black or white, depending from the system theme. Later, the keyboard learned to color the panel in the color of its theme on some devices, which included not only Pixel gadgets, but also devices from OnePlus and OPPO. Now the 9To5Google portal noticed that this feature is extended to more models.

The new look when the navbar is colored is shown on the right

Journalists noticed support for more devices in the beta version of Gboard version 12.0 – the screenshot above was taken on a Samsung smartphone running Android 12. As you can see, the navbar recoloring feature is most noticeable with color keyboard themes, although the changes are also when using black or white skins should be visible.

Source: Trash Box

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