

If you want to use Emoji characters, you'll find it under the return key (or the "search" key, that looks like a magnifying glass, if you're typing into a search field). Don’t worry-you aren’t going to break anything. The best way to get a feel for what the keyboard can do is to open an app that you can type in and to play around with the keyboard. For example, “ñ” lives under the N key, “é” lives under the E key, and monetary symbols (such as the Yen and Euro symbols) live under the “$” in the US. Press and hold the N key to get an N with a tilde over it.įor the most part, the key associations for these special characters are pretty logical and intuitive. Keep your finger down, and slide over to the special character you want to use, then lift your finger: That character will then appear in the text field you’re working with. To get to the special characters, simply press and hold the key associated with that special character until a pop-up picker appears. You can type special characters in just about any app using the standard Android keyboard.

Need to stick a tilde over an N or add an accent mark over an E? Or maybe you want to add some Emoji to your text messages? Doing either of these is actually quite easy on Android, though not particularly obvious.
