Google Gboard tests new keys and circle – crazy Reddit individuals.

Google’s Gboard is among the few Android applications in the ten billion download clubs: there is a great opportunity because some of you read this have used only seconds.

Are you ready to become GBoard completely different from what you are used to?

In Reddit, people are not keen on this idea, like topics like “No one asked Google …”, “This is terrible,” and “GBobar has changed” clearly.

As it turns out, Google tests a new GBOARD design in Beta – one makes the keys. Imagine the Old Written Machine Keys:

Image Credit – User Synergywolfie on Reddit

that it V15.1.05.726012951-beta -arm64-V8A The release that made people amazing.

– Reddit User Synergywolfie, March 2025

Many people say they will only add Gboard to the list of applications that they “refuse to update”. Someone says they are on version 15.1.105.726012951 and the keys are still square, but they point out that they use one language for us, so the use of multiple languages ​​and a different region may be what causes the change change. They believe that increasing the switches between the keys offer more visual noise, making the keyboard less readable. Previously, the buttons occupied most of this space, creating a cleaner look. I personally agree.

The shift to the round buttons completely affects the total balance. The vertical and horizontal divergence between the keys, while it was present in the previous design, was less clear because the buttons were not precisely geometric shapes. In the new version, the implicit symmetry makes uneven divergence as if it is a drawing defect.

This problem is more emphasized by the slight shift in the lower row of keys, creating a larger gap compared to other rows. While the circular buttons themselves are not the problem, the method that is arranged contributes to what the designer considers weak planning. They do not look at the design as completely catastrophic, but they still consider it an important step back.

Others, though, leave their emotions wandering:

Image credits – Redit

What about you? Do you imagine what Google raises or not?