Agentic Keyboard vs Gboard
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Gboard makes typing better. Acti makes the keyboard act.
Gboard — Google's keyboard — is built to help you produce text faster: autocomplete, glide typing, voice, multilingual support. It's excellent at that one job, and it's preinstalled on most Android phones.
Acti is a different category: an agentic keyboard. It still types, but it carries an AI agent that reads your intent and completes the action — finding a link, drafting a reply, creating a meeting, running a workflow — right inside any app. The output isn't a faster sentence; it's a finished result.
Acti vs Gboard, feature by feature
| Dimension | Gboard | Acti |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Predictive keyboard | Agentic keyboard |
| Optimizes for | Faster, cleaner typing | Turning intent into action |
| Typing, autocorrect & voice | ✓ | ✓ |
| Takes action for you | — | ✓ |
| Connects to your apps (OAuth) | — | ✓ |
| 300+ connections to apps & APIs | — | ✓ |
| Build & add custom Acts | — | ✓ |
| Community Acts (Acti Community) | — | ✓ |
When Gboard is enough — and when you need Acti
Stick with Gboard ifall you want is fast, accurate typing in many languages. It's best-in-class at that, and free out of the box.
Use Acti if you want the keyboard to dothings — share a location, draft a reply, create a meeting link, translate, or run a custom Act — without leaving the app you're in. Acti still types; it just adds the action layer Gboard doesn't have.
Acti vs Gboard FAQ
Is Acti a replacement for Gboard?
Acti is a full keyboard you can use everywhere, plus an AI agent that takes action — so many people replace Gboard with Acti to get typing and doing in one keyboard.
Does Acti have voice typing like Gboard?
Yes. Acti supports voice input — both dictation and voice commands — so you can type or speak your intent.
Is Acti free?
Acti is free to download on iOS and Android. The Free plan includes daily AI Credits for running Acts, and Acti Pro adds more credits, advanced models and Acti for Mac.
Meet Acti — the world's first Agentic Keyboard.
It doesn't predict your next word. It takes your next action.