You can now Google search right from your Apple iPhone’s keyboard

Gboard, which is unfortunately not a Google-branded self-driving hoverboard, but rather a new keyboard for AppleiOS devices.

The new keyboard essentially brings the Android experience to theiPhone, with a few additional benefits. Users can swipe across thekeyboard (instead of typing out each letter) to get their messages outmore quickly. While Gboard is not the only third-party keyboard thatbrings this functionality to the iPhone (SwiftKey is a popular keyboardthat does this), Google’s keyboard does have a feature others don’t: Itbrings the power of Google search to every app.

Users can type something, press the Google logo, and start a search,without leaving whatever conversation they’re having. If they’remaking dinner plans with a friend in Facebook Messenger, for example,they can tap the logo, search for “tacos in West Village,” and make aplan. This saves a few steps that, while not terribly onerous, are ratherclunky: having to switch out of the app, open Google search or a webbrowser, find the answer, and then go back to the text conversation. Thekeyboard also lets you search for images and GIFs, for handy insertioninto chats, and saves your recent searches.