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OnePlus: Add a Keyboard Language to Gboard

Typing in a second language on your OnePlus often triggers wrong autocorrect suggestions or an unfamiliar keyboard layout. This happens because Gboard only shows suggestions and characters for languages you have explicitly activated. Adding the missing language keyboard fixes both issues at once.

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VersionAndroid 10 · Oxygenos 10

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Add a Keyboard Language – Oxygenos 10: step 1 – Open the Settings
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Add a Keyboard Language auf OnePlus

Gboard only offers autocorrect, suggestions, and character layouts for languages you have actively enabled. If your OnePlus phone keeps correcting text into the wrong language, or a language is missing from the keyboard switcher, that language simply has not been added to Gboard yet.

To add a new keyboard language, go to Open the SettingsTap on SystemTap on Languages & inputTap on Virtual keyboardTap on GboardTap on LanguagesTap on Add keyboardChoose a languageTap on Done.

Gboard automatically picks a matching layout for the language you select, so you rarely need to adjust anything manually afterward. Once added, you can switch between active languages directly from the keyboard, usually with a globe or language key, without going back into Settings.

Removing a language you no longer use keeps the switcher short and speeds up autocorrect, since Gboard checks fewer dictionaries at once. If typing still feels off after adding a language, check whether the correct layout variant was picked, since some languages offer more than one keyboard layout.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Once you have added a language via Tap on Add keyboard, Gboard lets you switch between all active languages using the language key or a swipe on the space bar, without repeating the setup.

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