Back in November, Google redesigned Keep for Android to make note creation a two-step process. Google Keep is now readying a “Create text notes with a single tap” setting.
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With the redesign, tapping the FAB reveals a menu with four chips: Text, List, Drawing, and Image. For me, this redesign greatly impacted years of muscle memory. An additional issue was how I’d tap the floating action button twice — thinking I missed the first time — only to close the menu.
Google Keep 5.25.014.03.90 reveals work on a new “Create text notes with a single tap” option that will appear as a toggle in settings alongside the other Display options.
Once enabled, tapping the FAB immediately opens a new text note for you to start typing. You can access the other note types from the ‘plus’ menu in the bottom-left corner. This is a good option to have that allows Google to retain the redesign.
We enabled it with version 5.25.014.x, which is not yet widely rolled out. An additionally server-side update will presumably be required.
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