Modded Gboard app PixelBoard unlocks Rambler on any Android phone
Developer Akshay Kadam released PixelBoard, a modded build of Gboard that unlocks the Rambler voice typing mode and AI writing tools on non-Pixel Android phones, installable from GitHub without root. In Android Authority's hands-on test, Rambler removed pauses and filler sounds like "umms" and turned speech into well-formatted text, while the writing tools could proofread, rephrase, shorten or expand text. PixelBoard installs alongside stock Gboard so users can switch between them, and the developer says it will be updated with each new Gboard version; the source code is public on GitHub for review.
It shows how Pixel-exclusive Gemini keyboard features can spread to more devices through third-party mods, spotlighting Google's feature-tiering strategy.