Google Japanese Input

Dropbox, Inc. · com.google.android.inputmethod.japanese

4.6 out of 5 (14 ratings) 100M+ downloads v2.24.3535.3.231113858-release-arm64-v8a 14.6 MB Android 4.2+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v2.24.3535.3.231113858-release-arm64-v8a (6353510)
Updated: Mar 28, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size: 14.6 MB
Requires: Android 4.2+ (API 17)
CPU support: ARM 64-bit
Google Play services: Required
Category: Productivity (app)
Listed since: Apr 5, 2017 (at least)
Permissions: 9 (2 sensitive)
Website: google.co.jp/intl/ja/ime
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Google Japanese Input is an app by Dropbox, Inc. in the Productivity category, listed since at least April 2017. It includes native code only for ARM 64-bit, so it won't install on phones that can only run 32-bit apps. It needs Google Play services, so it may not work on phones without them.

It asks for 9 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: read shared storage and modify shared storage.

Ratings

4.6out of 514 ratings

5 ★71%
4 ★14%
3 ★14%
2 ★0%
1 ★0%

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What's new in v2.24.3535.3.231113858-release-arm64-v8a

- Improved suggestion to show Emoji/Emoticon when special text (e.g, "あめ") is input. - (Lollipop) Introduced input-mode popup for hardware keyboard. - Improved suggestion to show calculation result when math formula is input. - Supported Android-TV. - Updated dictionary.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “india-market”.

Google Japanese Input, optimized for Android devices. Featuring a rich and relevant vocabulary set and convenient conversion capability to increase the efficiency of Japanese Input. * Features - Rich and relevant vocabulary set. We have extracted all the right words from our desktop version to cover all the mobile use case: from writing an email to looking up a map and writing something on your favorite social network site and so on. -- Places: [東京都中央卸売市場] [秋葉原ラジオ会館] [立山黒部アルペンルート] -- Celebrity : [徳川光圀] [織田信秀] -- Foreign words : [Android（あんどろいど）] [Bistro（びすとろ）] [Trattoria（とらっとりあ）] - Neat features. Take advantage of unique handy features such as: -- 「きょう」to get today's date or「いま」to get the current time. -- Just type「1203」and get suggestions like [12月3日（日付）] or [12:03（時刻）] -- Smart suffixes: after typing a number, you will get the right suffix. Some examples: [12 → 月、時] [100 → 円、万] [246 → 号、沿い] * Requirements - Android 2.1 or later. ■ Notes - All the Google Japanese Input product, including this Android version, can be used without any active network connection.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Google, Inc” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature not checked yet Mar 28, 2025
Signed byCN=Unknown, OU="Google, Inc", O="Google, Inc", L=Mountain View, ST=CA, C=US
Signing certificate (SHA-1)24:BB:24:C0:5E:47:E0:AE:FA:68:A5:8A:76:61:79:D9:B6:13:A6:00
File MD501f2df68564769552a5843434baf7deb
Uploaded by “india-market” Gold tier · 54,447 followers · uploading since 2017

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Permissions (9)

Google Japanese Input requests 9 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Download without notification android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Get package size android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
Read Google service settings com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Google Japanese Input APK: questions and answers

Does Google Japanese Input need Google Play services?

Yes. The APK declares Google Play services as required, so it may not work on phones without them, such as recent Huawei models.

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Google Japanese Input APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 01f2df68564769552a5843434baf7deb.