Expand the Android keyboard

This article first appeared on June 15th, 2012.

If you’re texting on an Android device then you probably know your way around the keyboard already, but it’s surprising how many people don’t know how to use its full feature list.

To expand the Android keyboard, just press the full stop button – that’ll open up a new menu for speech marks and other general punctuation marks.

You may not need to use these all the time, but it’s good to know if you’re creating longer texts that require punctuation.