Google Keep is preparing some powerful new tools to liven up your notes (AP

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• Google Keep is diversifying with new note types, including a handwriting mode.
• New background options will let you spice things up with lines and color.
• Working with images is due for a big upgrade, too, with positioning and cropping tools.

Google Keep can be a great way to avoid losing track of your good ideas, letting you jot down inspiration at a moment’s notice. But there’s also room for improvement, and going back to the early days of 2024, we’ve been looking forward to Keep getting support for note-taking right from your phone or tablet’s lock screen. With Android 15 and its formal support of lock screen note apps, that day is finally arriving, but this isn’t happening all on its own. Today we’re checking out some of the other improvements the Keep team has been working on, giving you a bunch of new options for creating notes.

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