Nice update to Google’s custom keyboard for iOS released today on the App Store:

Gboard is already available in English across the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia. Starting today, Gboard is ready to start sending GIFs, searches, emojis and more for our friends who speak French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal) and Spanish (Spain).

Gboard’s emoji search is the best way to search for any emoji I’ve tried on iOS. iOS 10’s predictive emoji suggestions aren’t even close to the Gboard’s emoji features. I was hoping iOS 10 would have proper emoji search – maybe next year.

But I’m surprised that Google hasn’t shipped an actual multilingual keyboard to type in two languages simultaneously. You have to switch between international layouts inside Gboard – just like in Apple’s current keyboard for iOS 9. By contrast, iOS 10’s upcoming multilingual keyboard is downright amazing, and I can’t go back to keyboards without multilingual support now.