Google Japan's "Revolutionary" Gboard Dial Edition Keyboard
It's time for Google Japan's annual wacky UI experiment, where they design an absurdist keyboard. (See previous ones here and here .) This year's iteration of the Gboard, as the object is called, is the Gboard Dial Edition . Its design harkens back to the time when rotary phones were king. The pitch video for the design is hilarious (turn the subtitles on); the developers sing the praises of the "revolutionary" design completely deadpan. Who says engineers don't have a sense of humor?
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Updated Oct 12, 2025