Android’s Gboard always suggests replies in chat apps that fit the context of what my contacts write.

If my previous message had been related, I would assume it predicted what my contact would say in response and make a suggestion based on that. But even if the contact changes the topic, the suggestions are appropriate.

I don’t expect that the apps all share the conversation with Gboard. So how are the predictions made.

It seems unlikely that it would take screenshots and base predictions on that. But otherwise I don’t know how it is possible.

  • fruitycoder
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    23 minutes ago

    Adding evidence not an answer. Its wild to me when it predicts my Duolingo lesson words to me. Like that anomaly is just wild to me

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      10 hours ago

      Thank you! This must be it.

      I don’t have message content in my notifications, so I don’t think it can read any data from there. Maybe Signal just supplies it to this service directly?

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      12 hours ago

      GBoard has no access to your messages

      As far as we know. Gboard comes from Google and I don’t trust them even if they put it down on paper

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    12 hours ago

    We are talking about Google, are you sure it doesn’t do whatever it wants? You know, settings can apply for all apps except Google ones (just my 2 cents) why not use something else? Foss

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    12 hours ago

    Can you take a screenshot or provide examples? I’ve never seen Gboard provide more than single-word suggestions, and nothing particularly contextual.

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      10 hours ago

      Seems I was confused about it being Gboard. It’s one of those suggestion lines that pop up over the keyboard, but apparently it’s a separate service.

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    12 hours ago

    Gboard wouldn’t need to take screenshots. It can see what you’re typing as you’re typing it. As far as what your contacts are saying, if they’re using Gboard, it’s the same for them. And even if Google doesn’t admit it, we all know they’re correlating every single data point about people they can get, which includes who talks to who. I wouldn’t be surprised if they know you’re talking to a particular person and tailors your suggestions to fit the conversation. This is an even stronger possibility if you’re using one of Google’s messaging apps.