There is some great news for all Pixel users. Gboard’s grammar checker is now going to be available on older Pixel phones.
For those who are unaware, up until now, the Grammer check on Gboard was only available to Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 pro owners. The feature allows the users to correct grammar while they type in English.
Google had announced that the feature will eventually be available for other languages as well and that it was able to meet its goal to develop grammar correction that “enables users to correct their text entirely on their own device without ever needing to send their keystrokes to a remote server.”
The feature functions in a manner like any other grammar correcting platform but instead of copy-pasting your keystrokes on another platform, Gboard allows the user to edit the sentences directly using their keyboard.
The functionality works in any scenario where you have written something using Gboard on your Pixel device, be it a text message, an email, or notes. It makes you aware of grammatical mistakes by pointing out the error with a blue underline. Tapping on the word underlined with blue will result in a suggestion from Gboard to help correct your grammatical error.
The update was first noticed by a Reddit user with a Pixel 5, who wrote that after dictating a sentence using voice typing, he noticed that his grammatical errors were underlined in blue just like grammatical errors on the Pixel 6 line are. He also discovered that the feature could be disabled in the Gboard spell checker settings. Android Police discovered the feature on the Pixel 5a and the Pixel 3a running Gboard beta as well.
While this feature is surfacing on older Pixel models, it is yet to be launched on non-Pixel Android smartphones.
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