How To Type Hindi on your Android device

                     Now go desi while texting on your Android phone. Android has apparently released its Hindi keyboard app, Google Hindi Input, which is available at Google Play. The app is said to be compatible with any Android smartphone or tablet that runs Android 2.2 aka FroYo or later, which basically includes any  phone or tablet that entered in the market in the last couple of years. Other than a Hindi keyboard, the Google Hindi Input also adds English-to-Hindi  transliteration mode, which means you can type in Hindi the same way as it is done in English. 

                                            Transliteration mode basically converts the Hindi words written in English (Roman/Latin) script to actual words in the Devnagari script. Here are the steps to follow for Hindi texting. 

1.  Toggle the button ‘a->?’ on the English keyboard to turn on/off transliteration mode. 
2.  In the transliteration mode, you can type a Hindi word using English letters of  the alphabet and the app will convert them to Hindi.
3.  By turning off the transliteration mode on the English keyboard, you can type in English. 
4.  Toggle the globe button to switch between the English and Hindi keyboard. 
5.  Consonants are alphabetically ordered into two pages.
 6. Press the paging button “1/2” “2/2” to navigate between pages. Long-press the  character key to select various forms in the pop-up.