Google Japan’s Concept Keyboard Is Inspired by Rotary Phones

Google Japan’s concept keyboard is inspired by rotary phones

It’s not a prank. Google Japan created a concept Gboard Dial Version keyboard that looks like antique rotary phones, but with modern sensors inside.

Google Japan’s Gboard Dial Version Aims to be a Retro Revolution for Typing

Google Japan loves to surprise us with new keyboard concepts, and the Gboard Dial Version might be the most bizarre yet. This thing was inspired by old rotary phones and replaces the familiar click of keys with a smooth spin of dials. The surface is covered in nine dials of varying sizes, each one controls [...]

Google Japan's latest keyboard fever dream puts a new spin on rotary dialing

TL;DR Google Japan has a long history of announcing humorous new keyboard ideas. Last year the team brought us an infinitely curving Mobius strip keyboard. This year we’re going back to the days of rotary phones, with a rotary-dial keyboard. Has the Google of 2025 lost some of the spark that made the company seem like such a fun place to work in decades past? That’s probably a fair criticism, and while it may have been an inevitability for a te…