Google Search Tests Virtual Keyboard Again

Oct 13, 2020 - 7:11 am 0 by
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Google Keyboard Search

Google seems to be testing a virtual keyboard icon in the search box on the Google home page and in the search bar after you do a search. This is a feature Google tried out in 2010 but then discontinued shortly after.

Here is a screen shot of this from Sergey Alakov on Twitter:

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This is what I see:

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He also shared a screen shot of it from the search bar in the search results page:

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Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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