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Also for dual language user (MY, Eng) it is so annoying they only predict English words... Gboard I can both use for prediction words so I don't have to change it to MY

I felt the same about Pixel 6a keyboard. I believe the two are just different and it takes time to get used to either of them

I have no idea whats your problem 🤷🏼‍♂️

Thats it? Thats the only complaint? I was going to make a new post about how horrifyingly bad the Iphone keyboard is and thought for a moment I didn’t need too. The entire system of typing is made as if its by students on a deadline and technically they have all the functionality but practically its just terrible.

SwiftKey. I need my number row

Single worst thing about iPhone imo. And even Swiftkey somehow is almost complete ass on it compared to Android.

Imma be honest im so conditioned to the iphone keyboard other keyboards fuck me up. Ive used it since ios 1.

I can recommend SwiftKey

Yes, iOS keyboard is terrible. Swiping helps but only so much (and seems worse at selecting the right word). I keep hoping for improvement.

Swiftkey is the way to go but it's still inferior to the Android version where long presses gives symbol or number options..why that isn't on the iPhone I don't know

I just want a GBoard like from Android on iPhone. The GBoard offered is not the same. I miss it on my pixel. Alas, here we are.

You can download Gboard for iPhone since you were used to it on your pixel if im not wrong (i did too when i switched to ios the iphone keyboard was hella hard)

I hate having the period/fullstop on the right hand side, as I always hit it when I hit the space bar

Just download Gboard

Same but my experience with gboard on ios was absolute dogshite idk why but SwiftKey did me better

tl;dr: OP prefers a different keyboard, generalises this out to everyone as if that’s a valid thing to do.

Im one those who ignores these keyboard rants lol. I maily speak a non supported language so I just use the keyboard bare, as in no special features

Swiftkey is way better and also has a number row.

Same here and I’ve been using since the 3gs. I always hit the period key instead of space. Wish I could move the period key to the left or space to far right

GBoard exists on iPhone too, but I can tell you it doesn't work as seamlessly as on Pixel. The keyboard is the one weak point on the iPhone that I miss from Android.

Funnily enough, it used to be the other way around.

i think its also ridiculous that you can't show the nunbers row above the letters, its possible with android screen real estate, yet apple cant even put it on the regular ipads with 10.9" screen... you need an ipad pro for that (which has 11" screen)

I’d say I’m used to it, but man I do remember Android having a wayyy better keyboard experience overall. They just recently brought back key vibrations on iPhone, which it feels horrible to not have. Would love if they had an option for the strength of the keyboard vibes. The layout is very whatever to me I can work with it.

The period next to the space bar only appears in Safari, I don’t see how that’s such a big deal to you. It is annoying as hell, but just how often are you typing things in Safari? There’s no period next to space in iMessage or Reddit or any other non-browser app that I can think of. Weird how you titled your post “its keyboard is shockingly bad” and then you go on to mention one tiny thing that doesn’t make the keyboard as a whole bad.

it's all about what you are used to. no design is good enough to overcome years and years of muscle memory. likewise i struggle a bit with typing when it comes to samsung keyboard and gboard whenever i have to use an android phone.

I use Google keyboard in iPhone and honestly it's leaguesbetter

Agreed. As an ex-Android user of 15 years, iPhone's keyboard is actually fucking horrible. I switched it on my first day with Microsoft SwiftKey.

I fucking miss nintype

The what next to the what?

https://i.imgur.com/Zpy1Eaq.png

As someone who switched to Iphone a few months ago after exclusively using Android, all I can say is you'll get used to it and the constant switching to the numpad as well. I don't know how you type but since I don't use english words only I turned off autocorrect as well since it messes with words it doesn't know.

You'll also probably miss ,if you ever used it, where you can use two apps at once on Android since switching apps on Iphone can be a bit of pain sometimes if you use more than three at once.

P.S. if you get used to the keyboard and tried using an android again you'll have a hard time typing on that ooof.

Just switched as well and completely agree. Apple wtf.

I agree and all the improvements in iOS 17 only made it worse.

I had to correct that sentence twice 👏👏👏

The keyboard on the mini is horrible, I’m constantly mistyping words or hitting the suggested words at the top randomly. So frustrating

Well thats true, i am both using s21 ultra and iPhone 15 pro.max, and i gonna say, the keyboard in iPhone isn't great that i have downloaded gboard and used it on my iPhone

Download Gboard. Helps a little

As someone who’s had iPhone since iPhone 3G, the keyboard has gotten so much better and worse at the same time. One great workaround for me has been to add your common fat-finger errors to the keyboard shortcuts to compensate. For example, I “lol” a lot, but would fat finger “lop” alot. So you just add a shortcut so the phrase “lop” automatically gets changed to “lol”.

Yes it’s kinda annoying I get it, but English is annoying too lol. Now try having the English and Spanish keyboards on at the same time, it can be a nightmare lol 😅

I think I must be the only person who actually enjoys the iPhone keyboard. I have been using it for so long that it feels really natural to me. I barely ever have any typos and it actually corrects what I type wrong. It is very responsive and smooth in my experience

I find it to be much better. Spell check actually works and doesn’t inject random gibberish too.

Third party keyboards are ok, I use Gboard and it's not as cool as it is on Android but still fine for daily use. Like any other shortcomings on iOS, it'll get fixed when Apple decides they want to fix it.

The advantage of Apple is that everything is designed under one roof and this usually results in stability and reliability across all their devices. Little details like being able to unlock my MacBook using my Apple Watch work absolutely no additional setup are pretty cool.

The disadvantage of Apple is that everything is designed under one roof and this sometimes results in infuriating decisions that you can't do much about. Searching is a mess. The App Library is basically unusable for me because it organizes based on use so things are always in a different spot when i look for them.

Jailbreaking has become MUCH harder since you were last in the Apple universe too. Most of the features we used to jailbreak for are built in now.....but not all.

i.type.on.my.keyboard.just.fine

I use SwiftKey. It has bugs still (like the ios keyboard popping up instead of SwiftKey) but other than that, it's a great replacement to the default keyboard.