To activate it, open Gboard settings, go to Glide typing, and toggle it on. Where it really stands out is one-handed use.

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Although most recent iPhones aren't as friendly to one-handed users as the iPhone SE, Apple's new iOS 11 does offer a special one-handed keyboard that compresses buttons into one corner of the screen.

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