Gboard keyboard for iOS

Gboard for iOS 

The Apple's iOS is seeing an increase in the third party keyboards available in the app store. Just a month after its biggest rival Microsoft released Wordflow Keyboard for the US another giant, Google takes a big leap by introducing Gboard for iPhone and iPad. 

Gboard though aesthetically average and simple consists the power of web. It has a search functionality integrated with the keyboard which helps user to search for content on Google and it's services like YouTube and share that content with users without having the trouble to open a separate application.

The Google button at the top left of the keyboard opens a mini screen where you search and look for the right content to share. You can even search for emoji and gif for that right moment in any conversation. This makes searching for any content like text and image seamless. 

Along with this Gboard packs the usual features like swipe-to-type and predictions which work pretty well too. Google has launched Gboard for US only users, but you can download it by creating a US based Apple ID. 

Gboard is a must have for people constantly going across web while in-conversation to share content like images, gifs and videos. 

Inshorts News in 60 words

Inshorts : On-the-go News

Inshorts helps you keep updated with news in your busy schedule. Most of us don't like to go through long articles on websites and newspapers to keep up with the daily national and international happenings. Inshorts brings all the news to you in just 60 words. 

The content is curated by writers who downsize the long and lengthy articles from across the web into 60 words while keeping in the important facts. The sources include a variety of news publishing websites and media websites such as YouTube. The stories get updated frequently to keep you up to speed. The articles also mentions the source of the content which can be navigated to if you want to read the full article. The link opens as a webpage in-app

You get to chose your language as Hindi or English which can be changed from the settings menu anytime. The articles are also divided into various categories that can be browsed through the side menu. The app also tells how many of the articles are still unread.

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Inshorts is best suited for people catching up on news on their commute or during short breaks between work.

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Backdrops : Wallpapers

Wallpaper App for Big Screens

Backdrops is a bliss for those of us who want the perfect wallpaper. It took quite a while for a beautifully designed app with rich content to show up on the playstore which could do justice to the full HD screens of our devices. 

Backdrop is designed into tabs namely community, explore and favorites. The huge collection of amazing wallpapers are uploaded by users across the globe. You can sign up to submit your photographs as wallpapers too. 

The community and explore tab are refreshed with new wallpapers everyday. You can set any wallpaper from inside the application. However you may only save wallpapers from the community tab. Saving wallpapers to your device from the explore tab requires the pro version.

While most wallpaper apps provide compressed images that appear grainy on the large screens, Backdrops does not shy away from listing wallpapers with size as much as 3-4 mb with exceptional quality, which in turn is required for the full HD screens. 

This application is a must try for people using big screen android device. 

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