Anyone else having trouble using GBoard on their Watch7?

[realaud]

I've always used the watch version of GBoard on my previous watches (Watch 2 and 4). Now I have the Watch 7 and downloaded GBoard and it is installed, but the watch will not let me choose it as the default.  I am happy they improved the Samsung keyboard for the watch, but I still don't like it and don't want to use it.  I do not know whether this is a Google problem or a watch problem, so I put in an error report with Samsung, and now I'm off to report to Google.

[ChaosSaber]

I am, I had to switch to Samsung because gboard was acting up

[realaud]

I am glad it's not just me. I saw some reviews that something happened with the last update which, I guess coincided with my watch acquisition. I put in error reports with both Samsung and Google.

[userdC5xzVWcFd]

Yes! It happened when I got the last Gboard update, specifically. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, reset, and everything. It seems to instantly force close Gboard. It won't even bring up the keyboard, voice to text, or emoji screens when I press the appropriate buttons. It's completely broken.

[MickeyD123]

Same for me too on my Watch 7! When I click the emoji button in Google Messages it just pops up with a stretched blue box, and the keyboard won't open either.

[MickeyD123]

My watch let me set Gboard as the default, but the keyboard would just force close itself and never launch. The emoji button would also pop up a blue box. Weird

[realaud]

Have you notified Google app developers of the issue? The more people that do, the more likely to get attention and fixed.

[MickeyD123]

No, I haven't, but I will

[realaud]

Good News! @ChaosSaber , @userdC5xzVWcFd , @MickeyD123  As of today, 2/8/2025, I was able to set the GBoard as the default on my Watch 7 -- and it works!.  They must have done some type of update, because yesterday it was not working (I test it every day), and today it is.  

Now, if only Meta would get its act together regarding messenger...