Google’s Gboard minis will turn you into an emoji

Google is using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and its neural network to turn selfies into emoji sticker packs

Google is rolling out a very cool new feature for its Gboard keyboard. The search giant is putting to use its famous artificial intelligence and neural network to give users the ability to turn themselves into emojis. The new feature, called Minis stickers, was originally developed for Google’s Allo messaging app. Allo never really caught on, but Gboard is one of the most popular Android apps ever, with over 1 billion downloads.

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All Gboard users need to do to make their own set of Mini stickers is hit the Minis button next to GIFs and other stickers. This will then open the selfie camera, and Google will get to work turning the resultant picture into a series of emoji stickers. The Google AI will consider hair color, eye color, face shape, and facial hair when creating the personalized avatars.

From there, Google will then turn each personal avatar into sticker packs with over 100 different stickers covering all sorts of moods. Users can also decide between bold or sweet emotions offering even greater customization of an already personal sticker set.

Google hopes that Minis will give users the ability to express any mood or emotion using emojis based on their own face with this new Gboard feature. For anybody who isn’t happy with the personalized avatar Gboard comes up with, Google offers the ability to edit each individual part of the emoji.

Putting this new feature in its keyboard app means users will be able to use their own emojis across all their messaging apps. Whether you’re a big user of emojis or not, this is a great new feature and you can be sure to see lots of your friends and family dropping their own emojis into messages soon. Also, it probably won’t be long before the internet starts serving up weird and wonderful personalized emojis. You know it’ll happen sooner or later.