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Technology is everywhere today and everyone has a smartphone.
Think about the size of that device. It's only two -- two and half -- inches and we're
trying to cram an entire 26 key keyboard into that space.
It's so many keys. I feel constricted by the keyboard.
I just feel very overwhelmed. There are so many buttons.
It's time to think about how can we do this better using the technology that we have today
and that's where Gmail Tap comes in.
So I've always known that I was related to Samuel F.B. Morse, he's my great-grandfather's
grandfather's brother.
When Reed Morse first came to my office and he said that he had an idea for bringing Morse
Code back, I got really excited.
Gmail Tap replaces the default keyboard in the Gmail application with one that only has
two buttons.
Two keys and every single letter in the alphabet can be spelled using just those two commands.
Morse code is perfect. It's just a dot … and a dash. What's simpler than that.
When we first conceived of Gmail Tap it was all about making input on the phone faster.
We realized that we could double the speed again by doubling the number of keyboards
you have.
You can actually split your screen and send two messages at once to two completely different
recipients.
Gmail Tap multitasking. It's an improvement over speech. You can say two things with your
fingers that your mouth can only say one of.
I really am excited to see where -- where tapping takes us.
I think the people who will be best served by Gmail Tap are people with fat fingers.
People are going to be twice as productive and people are going to be able to write emails
anytime they want.
You can tap it in the morning. You can tap it at night. You can tap it in the bathroom.
It's a dot and a dash.
To have a conversation with the entire world. It's -- it's great.