3.3 Multilingual Keyboard Support - dikodahan/dikodahan.github.io GitHub Wiki

If the only language you are interested in is English, you can skip to step 3.4 of this guide!

Google TV supports multilingual keyboard by default. Some versions of Android TV requires adding a new keyboard to natively support multilingual keyboard.
  1. Press and hold the OK button > Android Settings > System > Keyboard > If your current installed keyboard is Gboard you can continue to step 3. Otherwise, continue with the steps below.
    1. Launch the Google Play Store app, either from the app or from the remote Play Store key if you have it.
    2. go to the top right side of the top menu bar, the magnifying glass and search: gboard.
      1. You may need click on a More Info button to validate if the app is installed already or not.
    3. If the button says Uninstall, it is already installed and you can continue from step 4 here. Otherwise, click Install.
      1. Press the back button a few times to get back to the Home screen.
  2. From the Home screen, press and hold the OK button for the side menu to appear > Android Settings > System / Device preferences (depending on your ATV version) > Keyboard.
    1. If you needed to install Gboard in the earlier steps, contine with this step: Manage keyboards > make sure to enable Gboard and disable all Leanback Keyboard options. Leave the rest unchanged.
  3. Click the Back button once and then go into: Gboard Settings > Languages
    1. Uncheck the: Use system language
    2. Make sure English (US) remains checked.
    3. Scroll down to search for any additional languages you may want to add and enable it.
    4. You will now see a little world globe icon to the left of the space-bar to let you switch languages.
    5. Click the back button several time to exit to the Home screen.

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