Change your keyboard theme, sound or vibration

You can change how Gboard looks, sounds and vibrates.

Important: If your device's vibration settings are turned off, your Gboard's vibration settings will be overridden. 

Important:

• Talk-to-text doesn't work with all languages.
• Some of these steps only work on Android 7.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

Change how your keyboard looks

You can change your keyboard theme. To give your Gboard a background, such as a photo or a colour:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app .
2. Tap System Languages and input.
3. Tap Virtual keyboard Gboard.
4. Tap Theme.
5. Pick a theme. Then tap Apply.

Change how your keyboard sounds and vibrates

To pick whether your keyboard makes sounds or vibrations, and how loud or strong they are:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, install Gboard.
2. Open the Settings app .
3. Tap System Languages and input.
4. Tap Virtual keyboard Gboard.
5. Tap Preferences.
6. Scroll down to 'Key press'.
7. Pick an option. For example:
   • Sound on keypress
   • Volume on keypress
   • Haptic feedback on keypress
   • Vibration strength on keypress