Google Indic Keyboard

Google Indic Keyboard Free App

Rated 4.31/5 (343,626) —  Free Android application by Google LLC

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About Google Indic Keyboard

Google Indic Keyboard allows you to type messages, update on social networks or compose emails in your own native language on your Android phone. Currently it includes the following keyboards:

- English keyboard
- Assamese keyboard (অসমীয়া)
- Bengali keyboard (বাংলা)
- Gujarati keyboard (ગુજરાતી)
- Hindi keyboard (हिंदी)
- Kannada keyboard (ಕನ್ನಡ)
- Malayalam keyboard (മലയാളം)
- Marathi keyboard (मराठी)
- Odia keyboard (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)
- Punjabi keyboard (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
- Tamil keyboard (தமிழ்)
- Telugu keyboard (తెలుగు)

On your phone, if you can read your language in its native script above, you may install and use Google Indic Keyboard to input your language; otherwise your phone may not support your language.

Google Indic Keyboard supports different modes of input:

- Transliteration mode - Get output in your native language by spelling out the pronunciation using English letters (For example, “namaste“ -> “नमस्ते“.)

- Native keyboard mode - Type directly in native script.

- Handwriting mode (currently available for Hindi only) - Write directly on your phone screen.

- Hinglish mode - If you choose “Hindi” as an input language, the English keyboard will suggest both English and Hinglish terms.

How can I enable it and set it as the default keyboard?
- On Android 5.x and newer versions:
Open Settings -> Language & Input, under “KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS” section, go to Current Keyboard -> Choose Keyboards -> Check “Google Indic Keyboard” -> back to “Language & input” -> Current Keyboard -> Select “English & Indic Languages (Google Indic Keyboard)”When typing in an input box, you can also change the default input method by clicking the keyboard icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
- On Android 4.x:
Open Settings -> Language & Input, under “KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS” section, check Google Indic Keyboard, then click Default and select “Google Indic Keyboard” in the “Choose input method” dialog.
When typing in an input box, you can also change the default input method by selecting “Choose input method” in the Notification area.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Google Indic Keyboard version Varies with device on your Android device!
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Android package: com.google.android.apps.inputmethod.hindi, download Google Indic Keyboard.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
- Support gender emojis
- Added 2 keyboard themes
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
More downloads  Google Indic Keyboard reached 100 000 000 - 500 000 000 downloads
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Name changed  Name changed! Google Hindi Input now is known as Google Indic Keyboard.
More downloads  Google Indic Keyboard reached 10 000 000 - 50 000 000 downloads

What are users saying about Google Indic Keyboard

H70%
by H####:

I accepted something else "Google" on my phone that had to do with maps and such, and this dang keyboard took over my awesome stock Moto keyboard. I can't even find the stock keyboard to switch back. I really dislike apps that take over portions of your phone without asking permission.

Y70%
by Y####:

Why you have changed the smily icons? Worst icons ever. Fix size. Which consume half of the screen. Cant change or reduce the size. Number on upper header (upper area) irritating so much. no line and collumn between two latters. All latters are showing together!! When will you satisfy you user??

Y70%
by Y####:

Need better word prediction.. U should study the typing pattern of user and according to it u should predict the word as swiftkey do. And u do not suggest emojis on the alphabet screen only. Separate emoji key should be provided because I use more emoji key than the comma. I hope u should work on it. And sorry for the bad review i wish u make these improvement and I'll be glad giving u 5 star rating

W70%
by W####:

¶ Completely useless. We need different typing layouts (Tamil Trpewriter layout) to make it flexible for different users from casual to professional typists, Even the Google Input Tools in Chrome has multi input layouts for every popular language (Tamil Typewriter layout) !! Tamil is the oldest surviving language since 3000 BCE and still spoken as native tongue by 80 million people, Added Google CEO Sundar Pitchai itself is a Tamizhan.

Y70%
by Y####:

This new update is not working fine. It doesnt allow me to move my cursor back to another word. & Whenever i am tryin to backspace any word, it is automatically inserting any new word even if my spell correction & autocorrect is off. Moreover not allowing to copy paste. Major bug this time.

Y70%
by Y####:

sir, what's wrong with your keyboard now? Nothing can be taken from this keyboard. Nothing is being written, something is being written. Why are the words of English coming while writing Hindi? Writing a word is very time-consuming. So please request you to settle this problem as soon as possible. We are having this problem for 3/4 days. Hopefully you'll correct this mistyt as soon as possible.

S70%
by S####:

I believe alot of users are facing the same problem... Everytym(90%) i try to delete some word, it won't delete the word, infact it keeps deleting and again typing by itself... Sometimes its too irritating... Also when i try to move the pointer to some other word it between the sentence it won't simply move there... Kindly fix this...

Y70%
by Y####:

When we use Unicode character to write Indian languages, we also need ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER and ZERO WIDTH JOINER characters. especially when writing foreign words in Indian languages these characters are definitely needed. Please add these two characters in Odia keyboard for now.

Y70%
by Y####:

What a great app. You guys are amazing . I will recommend ed to all my friends because what I expected that is here. But one issue is suggestions of words not shown in youtube search and playstore.please fix it. Who loves their mothertongue it will help a lot. Lot of thanks from all ಕನ್ನಡಿಗಾಸ್.????????????

H70%
by H####:

UPDATE: i find no way to turnoff suggested words. i tried every setting. this is annoying ఈ ఆప్ ని తెలుగు లో రాయాడానికి వాడతాను. ఇప్పటి దాకా చాలా ఆప్స్ వాడాను. అన్నింటిలో ఇది అధ్బుతం. I use this app to write in telugu. I have used other apps but this is the best ever.

L70%
by L####:

Good but sometimes it crashes.... don't know why. That's a big problem. It's now seeing that my last typed sentences are being automatically stored in background & when I'm going to type next I've to delete that previous 1st then. But why is this problem I can't understand. As soon as possible fix these issues. Moreover, a voice recognition system is lacking till now. Please add this.

Y70%
by Y####:

God knows..why r they giving it low stars... I m using it since 3 years...i have tried a lot of apps , but this is the only app which is nearly perfect.. no one can match it in hindi language

Y70%
by Y####:

I condemn hindi being your default selected language. You shouldn't do that. If it's really "Indic" keypad then you should have other scripts too like Sinhala, Khmer, Thai, Balinese, etc. Hopefully it'll will improve on all of this. Needs symbols & numbers options for long press as in other keyboards like Korean.

Y70%
by Y####:

Add emoji in the word suggestions. And give option to remove the upper number bar which uselessly uses more height of keyboard. Give some good layouts of keyboard with little 3D. Give option to regulate the number of word suggestions. There is a bug which types english alphabet while typing in other language.

Y70%
by Y####:

The keyboard is great in general. Here are my issues: 1. When I type in English, the word match (dictionary) from other languages are considered. Obviously it should just go based on the language I am currently using. 2. Draining battery. Even when I am not doing a lot of typing !?

Y70%
by Y####:

What the hell is wrong with this keyboard now. Whenever I try to delete word by backspace, it automatically replace the whole word with random suggestions. Look into this.

Y70%
by Y####:

It was working great yesterday. Yesternight I reset my phone and reinstalled it. Since then it is not allowing me to select multiple languages. It says settings stopped working. Its irritating.

Y70%
by Y####:

Everyone looking for some essential update desperately, such as.. 1:- Ability to customize top side of row "abc অ". Earth sign is enough to switch language so no need extra "abc অ" object. 2:- Indic keyboard height is too small even when I set it maximum size. I'm useing Galaxy S8 and feels very uncomfortable with tiny keyboard. 3:- Add and remove option for number row also because cleaner looks everyone wants. 4:- Glide typing for Bangla language. 5:- Finally I want to say Indic keyboard is best keyboard for Indic language user such as Bangla. I wish same algorithm use in Gboard because Gboard is very bugi for Bangla language. I often switch Gboard and come back again to Indic keyboard because of Indic keyboard is more accurate and stable compare to Gboard. Come on Google update it as soon as possible. Thanks.

Y70%
by Y####:

So, I can only choose my theme the first time I install the app? What if I change my mind later? There should be a option the setting to pick theme anytime. Everything else is fine. :)

Y70%
by Y####:

Used it for 3 years. Sucks real bad post last 2 updates (june - aug 2016). Uninstalling it. EDIT - Dad has this on his phone and the latest update does bring back some lost performance and charm. I still won't use it unless it becomes lag free. Edit: been using for last 8 months and touchwood it works well.

Y70%
by Y####:

Its not working fine in miA1 (stock Android) it crashes often twice I reinstalled this app but still I'm facing pbm... I change to 'english-tamil' option still it doesn't works !!!! Pls fix ( Last time I used this app in mi note 3 and I hadn't faced any issue ! )

Y70%
by Y####:

Installed just to use the feature of disabling auto spaces.. the app does have the option but auto spaces still work. Have to touch back button so many times ...It's really annoying..

Y70%
by Y####:

Just awesome. Now i just can switch between bengali and english writing system by just one swipe. And its included with emojis. Perfect. Keep it up. But there is a problem. There is no option for bengali language to turn of the suggessions or anything.

I70%
by I####:

I am using since 2 years but now if I write in bangle it skips first letter. Gonna be worst app

Y70%
by Y####:

It's good but in my phone it always change to default keyboard (that old classic English keyboard) on each restart that's why only 4 stars......... Will add 1 one after my problem gets solved.

Y70%
by Y####:

There. Is a big glitch now, two. Keys simultaneously hit. Together unnesecessary, if I press y u or t comes up or if I press space key with it . This. Key comes, please resolve it asap. This happens when typing. Speed is. Fast. And. It can seen in. What. I'm. Writing. Right. Now

Y70%
by Y####:

When you type in Hindi, you can not edit your own text. I can post a video if the admin wants. Its very big bug.

U70%
by U####:

I use tamil . Just add a phonetic layout i type faster than ur pre defined suggestion. Useless keyboard. I need Layout like NHM writter

Y70%
by Y####:

Fantastic keyboard for my mother tongue marathi. However, an important shortcoming is you just can't type 'cat', 'bat', 'mat' in marathi! कॉट is possible. Only for this drawback, I had to download some other marathi keyboard! Hope this is read and solution found by Google team!

Y70%
by Y####:

Its a good keyboard but on my lg v30 it's causing weird problem . sometime some keys at right side like p o k l n m backspace and search became unresponsive. So now I am on my lg native keyboard. Please solve this issue .

Y70%
by Y####:

Handwriting settings is shown in settings of Indic keyboard but handwriting option is not visible any were in the keyboard. Does anyone know where it is or what that settings option means?

Y70%
by Y####:

Hay, is it possible to add some extra feature like long press c for copy and v for pest. If you can it would be very good fot me.

Y70%
by Y####:

It was good before some months. But now its giving me problem. When i go to type A it does not get typed. It is just useless now.

Y70%
by Y####:

Only Hindi and Hinglish you can choose easily. To setup other regional languages there is difficult steps. Before it was so easy. Why Yuri make this complicated?

H70%
by H####:

I've installed this on my phone, but I'm not able to use it. There's some problem with the app. Kindly look into it.

B70%
by B####:

Mischievous creation. It distorts words instead of help by early prediction. It doubles the efforts at typing correctly. If this one is improved it deserves all stars and salutes. None otherwise tone honest.

Y70%
by Y####:

now am using moto e4 pls.. I hv an issue that.. whn am typing the adjacent key may be press. please give the partition bar for each letters

Y70%
by Y####:

It works well. They transliteration feature is very useful for someone like me who finds it difficult to type directly in native language. The reason I am giving it only 3 Stars is because every time I restart my mobile, the app is asking for permission to access all of my Google accounts in spite of repeatedly denying the same. It gets tedious to keep on denying every time I restart my mobile phone.

D70%
by D####:

Please I m facing lots of issues with google voice typing, could you please resolve it? Please, it's really necessary for me.

S70%
by S####:

Its overall a good keyboard but its lacking some features. LIKE- I can't hide Number Row from main keyboard like GBoard and the emojis should be like android or other keyboards. There are many perfect keyboards like Swiftkey. And they are giving more features than you and they are far ahead of you. Try better for standing in line.


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