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Google keyboard gets a much needed update and I like it.

I've been using it so long, I don't even know. It came stock on my 6P and I'd already been using it so long on my Note 4 that I never even paid attention. Could it be because you've been playing around with it more than actual typing, or are you already back to your usual usage?
No I'm not doing anything differently, just using this keyboard instead of Swype. It's set to dark theme, all sync type options are off. I'll give it a few days but before the update last night it wasn't showing up in my stats so maybe it's using extra juice learning my habits. My usage time
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is about the same as usual so maybe it's a Google battery monitoring thing. I haven't looked in Gsam or Watch Dog because my overall battery drain is also about on par with where it's at at this time of day on a rainy day that I don't work dayside .

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It's not showing up in my battery stats list at all either. It also came pre-installed on my phone, if that makes any difference.

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It's not showing up in my battery stats list at all either. It also came pre-installed on my phone, if that makes any difference.

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It might. I know Swype used to show up when I installed it myself on other phones. Maybe it's included in the OS or something on phones that came with it?

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New dev preview has 5.1. themes! Just downloaded it.

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Same here. I'm now using black without borders. I can see the secondary keys a little better without borders. It seems to have loaded over top of my existing, not even changing any of my settings. Everything else is set up prior remained the same.

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Same here. I'm now using black without borders. I can see the secondary keys a little better without borders. It seems to have loaded over top of my existing, not even changing any of my settings. Everything else is set up prior remained the same.

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Yeah. It should've installed like an update if you're already using it. Just a different version number & added features. Shouldn't change your settings. Hopefully...Haha

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I just added it to my Note8 . I was still using Swype for Oppo on it.
I have the time for long press set to vet short on both devices and that's what made me notice nothing was changed on the phone after updating to 5.1 . There's no microphone icon on the tablet version
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Also the symbols are in different locations as secondary keys.
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