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Here are the best Google Keep tips - mobile app edition.
Hey friends!
I’m Tasia Custode and welcome back to my YouTube Channel where I share tech tips, app
reviews, and so much Google content, you’d think I have a stake in the company.
Sadly, I do not.
Today is all about Google Keep for mobile, where hopefully you’ll learn some little-known
features you didn’t even know existed.
So, let’s go.
Alright, the Google Keep mobile app is available on Android and iOS and these little-known
google keep tips work across platforms.
So, if you’re anything like me, you can talk a lot faster than you can tap with your
thumbs, so first up: you can record and transcribe audio in Google Keep.
Here’s how.
You’ll have a little microphone icon near the bottom left of your Google Keep app.
It’s in the same spot on both Android and iOS by the way.
All you have to do is tap on the microphone and if you haven’t given the app permission
to record audio, you’ll allow permission, but other than that you’re good to just
start talking.
Google Keep will begin typing out what you’re saying.
And it does a pretty good job of transcribing the audio for you.
Period.
So, once you’re done speaking you’ll have a new note with everything you just said transcribed
for you.
So everything I just said is now in text form, where I could copy and paste if I needed to.
Plus, you’ll have the actual recording itself underneath that, that you can play.
And shout out to this hidden little accessibility feature.
Say you’re sharing a note with someone who has a hard time seeing text on screen, they’ll
be able to play your note instead.
Yes please.
You can also add a title to the note, at the top.
You can add an additional recording by tapping the plus symbol in the bottom left, or if
you don’t need the recording, you can delete the recording by hitting the trashcan icon
to the right of the recording.
This will just delete the voice recording, but will leave the transcribed note for you.
How neat is that?
Alright, tip number 2: add notes from other apps.
So, maybe you’re in the Google app or chrome app and you want to share an article or bits
of an article you just found directly to Google Keep.
Well, here’s how.
So, first if there is a bit of text you want, just select the text, and tap on share, and
select Keep notes, if you’re on Android.
Here, in this popup, you can title the note then just tap on save.
If you’re on iOS, it’s pretty well the same steps, you’ll select your text, tap
share, and you’ll find the Google Keep app, which might be buried in the ‘more’ section.
By the way, Keep Notes, Google Keep, it’s all the same thing.
It's kind of different per platform, which is wild.
So, on Android, it’s the Keep Notes mobile app.
On iOS it’s the Google Keep mobile app, and on the web it’s Keep.
I don’t know why.
Anyway, if you want to share an entire article, or tweet or whatever, you can do that too.
Instead of selecting text, you’ll share the entire article to Google Keep.
You share icon may look different depending on whether or not you’re on Android or iOS,
but the exact same steps apply.
And speaking of adding things to Google Keep, let’s talk about tip number 3: adding images.
It’s so easy, because of course it is.
So there are a couple of ways to add images to Google Keep.
First, if you’re already in a note, you can tap on that plus symbol in the bottom
left of the screen, and from here you can either take a photo, or if you already have
a photo you want to add, you can tap on ‘choose image’.
Then you’ll just tap to add the image you want.
If you’re not in an existing note, you can still add an image.
This time, tap on the little image icon near the bottom left - conveniently it’s in the
same spot on both Android and iOS, then either take a photo or choose an image.
This will add the image to a new note.
And by the way, you can add multiple images to a Keep note as well.
And while we’re on the subject of images, tip number 4 is to annotate images.
This is so helpful if you want to really highlight a certain aspect of the image.
So, if you tap on an image that’s in your note, you’ll be taken to a new screen where
you will have a paint brush icon near the top right.
Simply tap on that icon in order to annotate the image.
Along the bottom, you’ll have different options for pen color and size.
So there’s a pen option with a bunch of colors, a marker option, and a highlighter
option.
By the way, to access any of these colors of widths, you just tap again on the option.
But once you’ve chosen that, you can start drawing on your image.
If you want to erase an annotation, you can just tap on the eraser icon on the bottom
and tap on an annotation to delete it.
Or you can clear all the annotations at once.
Now you may have noticed in the bottom left, there is a little selection tool.
If you tap on that, then tap on an annotation, you can actually drag the annotation to wherever
you want on your image and you can also resize the annotation too.
You can just tap off the annotation to set it in place.
And yes, this functions the exact same on iOS and Android.
And tip number 5 is the last thing I want to cover for you when it comes to images.
You can convert an image to text.
So think like you could take a handwritten note and turn it into a digital one.
How cool is that?
Alright, so we learned how to upload an image or take an image and add it to Keep.
So, I’ve added an image of little handwritten to-do list that I made.
Now I want to turn this into editable text in Google Keep, rather than an image of my
to-do list.
I’ll tap on the image to select it, and this time, I’ll tap on the three-dot menu
icon in the top right.
From here, select ‘grab image text’.
Now this should happen right away for you, but depending on how much text is in the image,
or what type of image it is, this process could vary in time …
Because this works on any image that has text.
It could be a street sign, or a picture of a poster, or an image of a note you took,
like any image with text.
But either way, the text will be extracted from the image and placed underneath it in
the Keep note.
So, once again, now that it’s editable text in Google Keep, you can copy and paste this
however you see fit.
It does a pretty good job of grabbing the text, but it may not be perfect, so keep an
eye on any errors and just edit as needed.
And before we pop on into tip number 6, if you’re liking this video so far, please
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Now onto tip 6: set time and place reminders.
This is very helpful if you’re forgetful like me.
No judgement.
From a note in Google Keep, you have a little bell icon near the top right - it’s the
middle option here.
If you tap on that you’ll have a ton of reminder options to choose from.
In fact, if you have home and work addresses set in Google Maps, it’s going to pull those
automatically for you here.
But, the important thing here is that you can pick an automatic time, or you can select
‘pick a date and time’ to customize the date and time.
And you can even select if this is a repeating reminder or not.
And you’ll just tap on ‘save’ to save the date and time reminder, and what’s great
is that this reminder is automatically added to your Google Calendar.
But you can also set a reminder based on location.
So to be clear you can choose date and time or location reminders.
Not both at the same time.
Now, here is where your screen will differ a bit depending on whether or not you’re
on Android or iOS, but the exact same functions are available.
If you’re on Android and you selected to customize the date and time, this is where
you can also pick a place from this same pop-up here.
And you’ll notice your home and work locations are there for you if you have those set in
Maps, or you can add a location of your choosing.
Once you’re done, you’ll tap save and your location reminder will all be set, as
long as you’ve allowed those permissions in the app.
Now if you’re on iOS, your date and time and place are two different selections.
So from that reminder bell, this time tap on ‘pick place’ and you can add your location,
and tap the checkmark to save that location reminder.
Again, in order for this to work, you need to allow the permission in the app because
Google Keep will then send you a reminder to complete a specific task once you get to
that specific location.
So, once a location reminder is set, you’ll get a notification when you get to that spot.
So, think about how helpful this would be for shopping lists.
And now we have come to, what is this, Google Keep tip number 7?
Sure, let’s go with that.
You can switch your app to Dark mode, if you’re on Android lollipop or later.
Sorry, my fellow iOS users.
But this can help make the Keep app a little easier on the eyes.
From the Keep app, tap on the hamburger menu in the top left.
Then tap on settings.
From here, tap on theme.
And simply toggle on ‘dark mode’.
It’s that easy.
By the way, if you want a comprehensive video on how to use Google Keep, I’ve got that
video linked in the description below, or you can click right up here.
That’s it!
We made it through my favorite Google Keep mobile app tips.
So those are my picks for the best Google Keep tips for mobile.
And now I want to hear from you.
What is your favorite Google Keep tip?
Let everyone know in the comments below.
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