Fact · Languages and accents
In its January 2016 announcement, Google said the Devanagari alphabet keyboard let you type in Hindi using transliteration or handwriting input modes.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“With the Devanagari alphabet keyboard you can type in Hindi using transliteration or handwriting input modes”
An easier way to type in Hindi and 10 other Indian languages, Google, Google, The Keyword (blog.google), 2016, Body text, describing the Devanagari keyboard.
Open the original- What it measures
- This was Google's Indic keyboard for Hindi and ten other Indian languages on phones and tablets, announced in January 2016. It is the earlier product that the current Gboard Hindi input grew out of.
- What it does not show
- A 2016 announcement. It does not say whether transliteration is available in the Gboard app today, or in which apps, and it makes no claim about typing speed.