Get ready to rush: Google is laying the groundwork for Gboard to improve voice typing

During Google I/O 2026, the Mountain View-based firm revealed a new feature coming to Gboard called “.Rambler.” Voice-to-text doesn’t have an exact release date yet, but it should be coming this summer. As summer approaches, Google is gearing up to add the tool to the Gboard feature set. At the same time, the tech giant is also working to remove a feature.

Before we go any further, let’s do a quick recap of Rambler for those who may have missed the announcement. As Google explained during I/O, Rambler improves voice-to-text by understanding context and making sense of your “efforts.” That way, if you tend to use filler words like “like” or “um,” you’ll know to leave them out of the transcription for a cleaner reading. The tool can even recognize when you repeat yourself or try to correct yourself by omitting only relevant parts of your message.

While exploring the latest version of Gboard (17.5.6.917159154-beta-arm64-v8a), we came across a newly added link in the Voice recording settings. This link is not yet available by default. Once activated, the switch allows you to enable/disable Rambler whenever you want.

Moving on to the deleted, we learned that Google in February Sunset Pixel Studio. Google has confirmed that it plans to redirect users of its AI sticker creation tool to Nano Banana in Gemini. Our investigation of the latest Gboard beta shows that Google is already laying the groundwork for the removal of Pixel Studio.

We were able to find a reference in the code that hints at Google’s plans to end Pixel Studio. This allowed us to use a version of Gboard where the custom sticker creation tab was not available. Similar to the Rambler pass, this change has not yet been implemented.