Google Keep text formatting widely rolling out on Android [U]

Over a yr after we first noticed work on the characteristic, Google Keep for Android is lastly rolling out the flexibility to format text.

Update 9/7: Text formatting in Google Keep for Android is extra widely rolling out. Some customers would possibly encounter a “New features are here: We recently added new features to Keep. To access them, refresh your account” immediate. You may additionally Force cease Keep from the App data menu.

Again, this characteristic is presently solely obtainable for brand new notes and never older ones. It is restricted to the Android app, with formatting not showing on the net. If you copy text that’s formatted into Keep, daring/italics/underlines might be preserved. You can take away it with “Clear formatting” on the finish of the toolbar.

Update 8/24: Google has formally introduced wealthy text formatting for “new notes on Keep,” and that current notes will get it within the “coming weeks.”

This extremely requested characteristic lets you customise and add emphasis to your text via bolding, underlining, italicizing, and heading kinds. 

As of at this time, we’re not seeing it widely rolled out but:

• Available to all Google Workspace clients and customers with private Google Accounts 

Original 8/17: After getting enabled earlier this week, text formatting is beginning to roll out (through Mishaal Rahman). Once obtainable on your system, you’ll encounter a “New! Format your text in new notes” immediate on the homepage: “Enhance your new notes on Android with text formatting. In the coming weeks, it’ll also be enabled on existing notes.” 

The notes toolbar will characteristic a brand new underlined “A” icon after the “plus” and Background choices. This will open a bar that begins with Heading 1 (H1), Heading (H2), and the prevailing “Aa” default. You then have Bold, Italics, Underlined, and Strikethrough. The formatting conduct is fairly commonplace and consistent with different text editors.

Text formatting has been noticed going dwell with Google Keep 5.23.322.05. That model will not be but widely rolled out through the Play Store, whereas there’s a server-side element to availability as nicely. We’re not but seeing it but on a number of gadgets we checked at this time.

Of be aware, it will first be obtainable to new notes earlier than turning into on current ones. The introductory immediate solely references the Android app. 

This ought to have all the time been an choice for customers that need it, however one in all Google Keep’s charms is simplicity. Hopefully, text pasted from different sources is dealt with gracefully.

More on Google Keep:

• Google rolling out a primary model historical past for Keep
• Google Keep letting you open notes side-by-side on Android tablets, foldables
• Keep for Wear OS provides watch face problems
• Google Keep ‘Single note’ widget rolling out on Android