Gboard Beta Adds Dedicated Bitmoji Tab on Android

In what appears to exist an endeavor to increase the use of Bitmoji, Google has added a defended section for Bitmoji in Gboard beta. The Bitmoji tab is present in betwixt the emoji tab and the sticker tab. Bitmoji was previously attainable through the sticker tab.

When you switch to the Bitmoji tab, you volition either see Bitmojis if you take the Bitmoji app installed or Google will prompt y'all to install the Bitmoji app from the Play Shop. Still, if you lot don't want to utilise Bitmoji, you're out of luck. There's no way to disable this tab, at least for now.

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From what I tin can see, Gboard users are non happy with this new change. While people who religiously use Bitmoji will detect this handy, there is a vast bulk of Gboard users who don't want these additional third-political party integrations they never signed upwardly for.

Correct now, this defended Bitmoji tab is nowadays in Gboard beta 9.eight. Strangely, it was live when I started to write the article as you can run across in the screenshot above but disappeared automatically in a few minutes. After clearing the data and restarting the app, however, the tab popped up again. The company is probably making server-side changes to test and gain feedback before making a wider rollout to all users.

If Google is planning to button this to all users, a toggle to disable this tab will be much appreciated for those who are non interested in using Bitmojis. If you're someone who uses Gboard, allow u.s. know your thoughts on this integration in the comments department below.