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Google has been rolling out new features to Gboard over the past few weeks. To personalise the keyboard for users and make typing easier, it introduced keyboard resizing to suit users’ preferences. That isn’t the only change. It now allows users to remove the comma and period punctuations from their keyboard.
A cleaner Gboard with fewer keys
Some people use punctuation a lot when typing. They consider it an important part of their messages when texting. There are others still who don’t really use punctuation marks in their conversations when chatting. Instead of a period, they can use the enter key to indicate a new sentence. For both parties, Google has introduced a setting that allows users to disable the comma and period keys from appearing on their Gboard.
The setting also allows you to disable one key at a time or both. The Gboard naturally activates the period by tapping the space bar twice. Users who toggle off the period key can use this in place of it. There isn’t a shortcut for the comma key though. Users who disable the key just have to do without the comma.
How to hide the comma and period keys on Gboard
To disable the punctuation keys on Gboard, head over to Settings > System > Keyboard > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Preferences > Keys > and then toggle the key of your choice — Comma key, Period key or both — to the off position.
This new setting is available in both the stable and beta versions of the latest Gboard app. It won’t be enabled by default but requires users to toggle it on.
You can go on with your usual way of typing with the punctuation appearing on your Gboard, or you can choose to try out the keywords without a comma, whatever works for you.
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After Google partnered with TSMC for the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 chip and switched from Arm’s Mali GPU to Imagination’s PowerVR, it was expected that the Pixel 10 would offer top-tier performance in graphics. But that was not the case. The GPU performance didn’t even match that of the Pixel 9. The GPU drivers are to blame for the slow performance, and Google has confirmed that it will roll out updates for the Pixel 10 GPU.
The PowerVR DXT-48-1536 GPU of Tensor G5 from Imagination Technologies is a powerful graphics chip that supports Vulkan 1.3, tiled deferred rendering, and 1.5TFLOPS FP32 performance. Even so, Pixel 10 performs poorly in running games. Some Pixel 10 users discovered that the problem seemed to be from the outdated GPU driver, v24.3, which isn’t even compatible with Android 16. At the time of the Pixel 10 launch, Imagination Technologies released a newer version of GPU drivers, v25.1, that supports Android 16 and Vulkan 1.4.
Considering that the newer GPU driver came around the time the Pixel 10 was launched, it was expected that the Pixels would roll out with the outdated GPU anyway. But after that, the monthly Pixel updates could have included plans for the Pixel 10 GPU drivers. That is not the case.
A Google spokesperson said the company planned to update the Pixel 10 GPU driver. The company claims driver updates were included in the update releases of September and October, and there were future plans to improve the driver.
The September and October patch releases did not bring significant changes to the performance. It didn’t seem at all like there were improvements to the Pixel 10 GPU driver. Since Google has already updated the GPU drivers on other Pixel phones, the Pixel 10 is expected to receive an update soon.
Just like there were noticeable improvements in the GPU performance on other Pixels, the Pixel 10 will get an update that fixes the slow GPU issue. As to when that update will come, it is still unknown. Even the latest Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.1 doesn’t fix the issue as it still comes with the outdated driver.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
