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@cs_moderator member of "reddit.com/r/Bitcoin" published a picture from his personal phone explaining that Google's listing Bitcoin symbol "BTC" as the first cryptocurrency to be included.


It did not appear to me but it seems to have been added according to the comments in the link[1].


[1] Wow!!!!! I just noticed that the "₿" symbol is now the first currency when u long press $ on Google keyboard. (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/as7tuv/wow_i_just_noticed_that_the_symbol_is_now_the/)

Is the adding the symbol itself supposed to be a new update or he's referring to the fact that It's the first now?

I have updated my android just a week ago I use google keyboard only instead of using Samsung's proprietary keyboard. Sadly, it is not appearing in my android device. I am using android Oreo in one of the latest smartphones from Samsung! Can anyone else confirm the same?

Running Oreo too, nothing like BTC in google keyboard on both Nokia and Samsung.
But, according to some, it's only for iOS, and the picture doesn't look the one I'm seeing on my device.

This seems to be true, read this:


As long as it does, it will appear on Android soon. [1]

The beautiful thing is that the symbol appears as a real BTCitcoin and not as we used "Baht symbol is ฿."

[1] Google keyboard enables Bitcoin symbol on iOS (https://decryptmedia.com/5235/bitcoin-symbol-ios-google-keyboard)

Tried with the Virtual keyboard and nothing there too.

After looking on the image in reddit I think the interface looks like an iPhone interface. I guess it was not released for android yet.

edit:
Ok here, you were few minutes faster than me however it confirms my statement.

I'm about to update by just looking at the thread and after reading those replies, well it's for iOS ATM.
Can't wait for that moment.

I am an iOS user but I don't see the Bitcoin logo appearing on my keyboard. Do I have to update the iOS software to the latest version?

With android device it might delay for some time. I haven't seen this with my Google keyboard. ios might have got the update, this update will get added to the Android platform later as initial updates most of the time takes place with ios platform. If that's true, bitcoin is proving itself good in the market.

Silly question but how did you check it? did you hold down the "$" button? and made sure google keyboard is at its latest version? You can also try reinstalling the app.

If the problem still persist, I guess you can try that? since I'm out of ideas on what is left to try lol. Hope you can enable it somehow, gl!

I've fully updated my Motorola G6 Plus and I don't see it either.
I'm running Stock Android, so it should really be fully updated.

I don't know, maybe they just haven't pushed the update yet for my device?

Anyway, it would actually be pretty handy if it got added. I do type 'Bitcoin' quite a lot in conversations.

Those small additions are certainly good for bitcoin adoption.

It would be great to be able to wirte Bitcoin symbol in a keyboard easily. I use a Motorola Android and I cannot see bitcoin symbol in the keyboard as well, as many already mentioned

I am an Android smartphone user, and right on Android there is no visible bitcoin symbol. maybe this bitcoin symbol is only available on iOS devices or special cellphones. despite all that, this has proven that bitcoin is already known by many people. I hope that with this news, it can restore the green market, and hope that it will soon be available in all smartphone devices.

Is this some kind of prank of Google? I don't know any Iphone users (who are my friends) personally who downloads a 3rd party keyboard on their phones let alone it being a Google Product, so why bother adding a BTC sign when your loyal Android users don't receive it on their stock keyboards? This might be some kind of experiment for Google but I don't see why they just limit it for Apple products. Not even all Iphone users receive it on their Gboards as based on the Reddit article users in Europe didn't received it in their app.

IOS user here. I also don't see the btc sign on my phone. I checked everything twice but no luck. I am still missing something probably.

Anyway This update just shows bitcoin isn't going down and will be around for many years. Other tech giants will be following google hopefully.

I hope this news is not fake.I am infinitely happy for the owners of iOS. I have an Android system, so I still can not look at this update.I hope soon this symbol will appear in all keyboards.In general, this news is of course positive. Everything is moving in the right direction.

I haven't seen anything like this on my phone, Maybe my google keyboard is not yet updated, Well I really think Bitcoin is very well known by Google and many people are using the word bitcoin that is why I think Google added it, In this aspect, we can really see that Bitcoin is very popular and many people are getting to know more about it and accepting it, And Google is innovating it to the fullest.

This symbol may not be a big thing for them ( normal users ) but it is a big thing for us ( crypto users ) because this is another evidence that bitcoin is now being recognize by google . soon other big and popular companies will follow this idea  . this can surely help the adoption to widen drastically .

Wait, is it me or do they also have the Petro (venezuelan crypto, also known as a scamcoin¹) symbol? The one that looks like a 'P' (just google "petro venezuela" to search for the Petro symbol). Weird, maybe that symbol can be used for something else? That's gotta be it, I mean, why would they have that one on their phones? I don't use iOS, btw.

1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/crypto-rating-sites-are-already-calling-venezuela-s-petro-a-scam

No, they aren't. How exactly is this gonna help bitcoin adoption? This is just a "comestic" thing that doesn't change anything other than instead of typing "bitcoin" you're now gonna type "BTC".

Using an Oreo phone, nothing here. Would be nice if they added it. Not gonna drive up adoption but will definitely make bitcoins legitimate in the public eye.

For now I just have a shortcut for the ฿ symbol for typing bitcoins outside the forum.

I am using google keyboard in my android smartphone and just updated, but I haven't seen Bitcoin icon! Maybe it is only for IOS smartphones. What does it mean? Google will be supporting Bitcoin officially very soon? Like Samsung took Bitcoin as a payment method for specific counties for a test, I hope Google will use cryptocurrency in their Adsense and other services.

I have tried my mobile phone，but can‘t see the bitcoin symbol，it may need to update the newest versions

That's the Russian ruble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble):

https://i.imgur.com/P6x5bVW.png

Google’s decision to include a cryptocurrency symbol in its keyboard may be Google’s second step in considering Bitcoin as the main currency. It remains to wait for Google to further legitimize cryptocurrency, also making the bitcoin symbol available for Android operating devices.

This is indeed something I like to read : next step I would like to be taken is adding BTC symbol to excel so that I might see it dysplayed on my spreadsheets   8) .

I just updated Google Keyboard on iOS just to check the BTC symbol but it's not there. I suppose there is something that I'm missing. Can you please post the AppStore link here?

Of course it helps. People will look at BTC and ask "what is this?" I search about it.

Or they will think " so this is bitcoin symbol. Google is supporting it? Let me check it out"

Well it's cool but it doesn't really mean anything. Bitcoin is not as it was before when few people are aware of it. It's quite common now so it just makes sense that google keyboard includes it. Though i've tried with my android device and it's not quite showing yet.

Not showing here either.
I have Android, not iOS, so no surprise. Anyone found some news about when it will be available for Android ?

So, Google Keyboard is available on iOS? seriously? i dont know enabling the bitcoin symbol is a good news or nor, but i think that enabling google keyboard on IOS doent give us any good effect for bitcoin and cryprocurrency

Same here. I also have Oreo on Android with Gboard fully updated. Looks like they haven't added this to the Android app yet, which seems like a very odd move for Google.

It's like they wanted to roll this out to as few people as possible.


I was just thinking the same thing. It almost seems like a joke...

So adding bitcoin symbols to the Google keyboard is a step closer for the tech giant to support bitcoin. At present, Apple has not officially enabled bitcoin symbols. In addition to Apple and Google, other technology giants such as Microsoft are increasingly supporting Bitcoin. Microsoft products allow users to insert encrypted currency symbols by entering 20BF and ALT.

great! now we can use the BTC symbol from our android devices easily!

it's very positive to the advancement of bitcoin and crypto in general in terms of recognition that this technology is here to stay. Imagine the next thing will be adding an incognito mode of keyboard with shortcuts to put our crypto wallet/private keys in there, must be terrific.

Yeah, terrific idea. Really terrific!!!!

Everyone is advising not to share the private keys and keep them safely in physical or at least encrypted form in an offline state but you suggest to keep them on your phone, with an app having access to them and with the possibility to send them by mistake.

As I said, really terrific!!

ah yes, terrific for hackers/keyloggers i mean ;D ;D ;D

Just checked. Seems like I don't have this option yet. What about you, guys? Do you see this symbol?

It is because bitcoin term was frequently used by the people and really began to a road as a crypto-currency and was a proven legit coin in the industry. I am actually using my iPhone but I don't see the bitcoin sign. I hope that Apple will also let us use the Bitcoin sign. They said that bitcoin sign in iOs devices shows but I think it really depends on the model. Let me check it on the Android device of my friends if it really shows there.

Iphone or IOS have put bitcoin symbol on their google keyboard and hope could be positive effect off other companies doing the same thing,
Many chance how to make bitcoin become popular with make symbol on IOS of bitcoin, hope bitcoin will be on higher price.

Took them long enough... the BTC symbol was added to Unicode in 2017, and if you are on Linux you can follow my guide (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5091060.0) to assign it to any keyboard key (or key combination):
₿

I'm sure if will appear to Android as Samsung recently said that the S10 will have a crypto wallet.  ;D

I don't know, but it looks like Apple might be cooking something new to rival Samsung latest release, so it's going to be exciting to see this coming September (usually Apple release new product around this date). Maybe we can see them integrating crypto or wallet support.

When they added Bitcoin as a symbol, it means that many people requested that. It is a good sign that massive adoption is happening through mobile phones.

Same here, not showing on mine & I’ve got the most updated software on my iPhone.

Everyone here did not see the btc symbol on the keyboard
We hope that they will do this because it will mean a lot to us
It is a good indicator of the adoption indicators we are looking for.

Man OP was very specific about the particular device with you can found the Bitcoin logo on the Google keyboard and he didn't not said on all devices that uses Google keyboard. Except if you are using iOS as op rightly said then you need to update your Google keyboard.

indeed this is very meaningful for people who have jobs in bitcoin but it is better not only on iOS but also on Android too because not everyone uses iOS. Maybe this is a breakthrough so that more people know about bitcoin.

That's good news because Google seems to have acknowledged the existence of Bitcoin, I hope this is a good sign of the development of bitcoin from year to year.