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Google Is Making a Keyboard for the iPhone

Gesture-based typing, GIF searches and more.

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Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company’s search engine in a highly used part of the interface, The Verge has learned. The keyboard, which incorporates a variety of search options, has been in development for months, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s unclear whether or when Google plans to release it. The company declined to comment.

The Google keyboard incorporates a number of features meant to distinguish it from the stock iOS keyboard. Like its Android counterpart, the Google keyboard for iOS employs gesture-based typing, so you can slide your finger from one letter to the next and let Google guess your intended word. Tap the Google logo and you can access traditional Web search. It also appears to have distinct buttons for pictures and GIF searches, both presumably powered by Google image search.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.