This keyboard from Google makes you dial every letter

It’s October, which means Google Japan’s Gboard team is back with another wild keyboard concept. This time, they’ve ditched traditional keys entirely for spinning dials inspired by old rotary phones. You guessed it right—to type on this keyboard, which Google calls the Gboard Dial Version, you rotate discs to select characters instead of tapping keys.

The concept keyboard features nine dials of varying sizes arranged across its surface, each representing different sets of alphanumeric characters and functions. There’s even a dedicated dial just for the return key.