Google keyboard gets a much needed update and I like it.

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Wtf! Did an uninstall, which of course only rolls it back to the old version. Can't do a true remove.
And it came back, the option.
So then did the update: gone.

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Wtf! Did an uninstall, which of course only rolls it back to the old version. Can't do a true remove.
And it came back, the option.
So then did the update: gone.

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Are you using the play store version or the beta side load version?

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Play. I originally side loaded but now doing it through Play.

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Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
#IAlwaysHaveIssues
So I've done s bunch of stuff. When I roll back to pervious version, the mic is there....but does nothing when I click it.
Rebooted a bunch. Turned off Moto Voice, enabled Google Voice. Cleared cache.
Sigh....

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Found, fixed.
If this happens to someone else, try this:
Settings > Language and Input > Current keyboard
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Click Choose Keyboards on that screen.

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Ensure Google Voice Typing is on.

Voila!

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Good deal Pere!

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Found, fixed.
If this happens to someone else, try this:
Settings > Language and Input > Current keyboard
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Click Choose Keyboards on that screen.

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Ensure Google Voice Typing is on.

Voila!

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That'd make a nice "solved" thread for others.

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Today's update brings this
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What isn't listed that I'm impressed with is the accuracy (or inaccuracy?) of the gesture typing has gotten much better at figuring out what I'm trying to write.
A couple of rubs I don't like is it keeps capitalizing the a when I write out and or other 3 letter words too often and still no forward slash on the main keyboard as a secondary character unless I long press the period key. A backward slash is shared with the W key but no forward !?!?
Delete whole words is more refined as in the number of words deleted is more accurate when you slide from delete key toward your left and the number of letters you cross determines how many words disappear. Before it as harder to control even though it was the same method.
It's another nice update and I'll post back if I notice other differences. I've checked my weather and did a Google search to test it out and it works nicely with only a couple seconds of lag before getting the answers.

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How do you check the weather on the keyboard?

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Google search symbol right on my keyboard. Cool! Update seems good, so far.

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