Overview
- A small group of users has reported that the on-screen keyboard fails to appear when composing or replying in the Gmail app, preventing them from typing directly.
- Affected users say the AI-powered 'Help me write' placeholder shows in the reply field and leaves no apparent way to place the cursor or summon the keyboard.
- Reports are limited and crowd-sourced, with about a dozen Reddit posts summarized by coverage and one non-Pixel report, so the problem’s prevalence is unclear.
- Users have found temporary fixes such as tapping the hide-keyboard button, rotating the phone to landscape, or restarting the app or device to restore input.
- There has been no public acknowledgement or patch from Google yet and the issue appears isolated to the Gmail app, so a future app update or server-side UI change is the most likely path to a permanent fix.