Gboard teardown hints at clipboard manager and floating mode in the works

The beta for Google’s keyboard Gboard v7.5 is now out and it comes with a host of useful features, or at least hints of them. Chief among those is what effectively is a clipboard manager where you’d be able to see a list of things you’ve recently copied.

Other implied functionality includes a floating mode, which will allow you to see more of the screen and won’t cover up the area that isn’t actively used for keys – the thing that happens with the current one-handed mode.

A new search-as-you-type feature is in development too – the G in top left will light up when the app has found…


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