Works across your Android phones and tablets running Android 4.0.

Useful for languages that can be challenging to type on a standard keyboard.

A useful complement to touchscreen typing or voice input.

Google Handwriting Input is in maintenance mode, and new languages and improved recognizers will be deployed only to Gboard, so we encourage you to visit to give it a try and let us know if you encounter any problems. Note: As of mid 2018, Gboard - the Google Keyboard allows for both handwriting and keyboard input. Google Handwriting Input also supports more than a thousand emojis, so you can express yourself in any Android app. It supports printed and cursive writing, with or without a stylus.

Works across your Android phones and tablets running Android 4.0.Google Handwriting Input is a stand-alone keyboard which allows you to handwrite text on your phone or tablet in 100 languages.

The more you can relax your hand and your body, the better. None of the muscles in your hand should feel tense or flexed, and your fingernails shouldn’t be white from squeezing the pen’s barrel. Note: As of mid 2018, Gboard - the Google Keyboard allows for both handwriting and keyboard input. A relaxed, fairly loose grip is one of the main things that will improve your handwriting.

Google Handwriting Input is a stand-alone keyboard which allows you to handwrite text on your phone or tablet in 100 languages.

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