When chatting with your friends and loved ones on mobile devices, sometimes, words are not enough. Some emotions are better expressed through emojis. That's why it's handy to have an alternative keyboard that has both the traditional characters and then a pretty large number of emojis at the ready to express yourself. TouchPal is one of those apps, and the newest update brings more improved features to the virtual keyboard.
TouchPal receives a major overhaul because it is now redesigned with the Material Design visual guidelines that Google has been implementing before and in the advent of Android 5.0 Lollipop. Aside from the new look, there are also improvements to the emojis, including the addition of more than 10 new emojis and more than 40 more emoji arts. You can now even have the keyboard predict the emojis you're typing. For example, if you type lol, it will show you emojis that are laughing out loud or something similar to it.
Other new things included in the update are auto-correction of capitalized words, easier switching of languages just by using the space bar, and a 40% reduced package for the app. Of course the usual bug fixes and stability improvements are also part of the update.
If you don't have TouchPal yet, you can download it for free from the Google Play Store. The app also has several in-app purchases available. Those who have it already should just wait for the update to roll out, or they can also manually check on the Google Play Store page.