Google keyboard not appearing automatically

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
October 28, 2025
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Have a bit of an emergency where after the latest Gboard update, when users tap an input field, instead of Gboard just showing up as normal, a menu bubble is appearing instead where they have to tap it and select the "show on screen keyboard" option. I haven't been able to locate Google's release notes for Gboard to see if there was something that changed. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Best answer by cat_herder

Hi Lizzie, we're good at this point. We were able to find the app config setting to just force the on-screen keyboard to always show. I did see that a new Gboard version came out early last week, but we haven't had a chance yet to see if the issue was also resolved in Gboard itself. Does Google publish release notes for apps like Gboard?

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Tim25

Level 1.5: Cupcake

I’ve run into the same issue after the recent Gboard update seems like a temporary bug.

Lizzie

Community Manager

Hey @cat_herder, @G2025, @Michel, @mattdermody, @j2785, @G2025,

I just wanted to check how this is working for you now, it is all back to expected behaviour? 🤞

Thanks,

Lizzie

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cat_herderAuthorAnswer

Level 2.0: Eclair

Hi Lizzie, we're good at this point. We were able to find the app config setting to just force the on-screen keyboard to always show. I did see that a new Gboard version came out early last week, but we haven't had a chance yet to see if the issue was also resolved in Gboard itself. Does Google publish release notes for apps like Gboard?

Emilie_B

Community Manager

Thanks for the update @cat_herder! Glad to hear it's all working as it should now :)

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