Like the title says, coming from android (more specifically pixel)
I did enjoy the inital promise of customization offered on android devices, but for whatever reason Google has done away with huge portions of that freedom and weirdly “pure android” has started to feel more like IOS.
Much to my pleasant surprise apple has fixed a huge number of my complaints with iOS since my last iPhone 7 years ago. To be frank I used to shit on iPhone but am eating a lot of crow here admitting that they definitely fixed most of their shortcomings and are clearly pulling away in the smartphone race (like you needed me to tell you that)
That being said… HOW HOW HOW is the iPhone keyboard so bad? I know this sounds like a small problem but when I last used an iPhone years ago, the period placement (near the space bar) caused me to constantly fat finger random periods into most of my searches and messages. It’s hideous design and I can’t understand for the life of me how apple hasn’t solved this wart of a problem. Especially because I KNOW that most people who work at apple are aware of the issue because it affects basically anyone with an iPhone! LOL
Not only is it an old, know issue, but it’s an obvious one that actually causes inconvenience. Not just the period, the entire board is cramped and it’s genuinely difficult to type on compared to Gboard, which I am using now to type this. It took me a few days to realize I could use gboard on IOS and HOLY SHIT is the difference night and day. I actually feel bad for all the people (most) using the stock iOS keyboard. It was like being stuck in hell lol
Just bewildered by how apple has solved so much yet somehow ignored this simple fix for going on a decade
How do I use Gboard on iOS? Can you share a link to an installation guide?
Recently moved from Android to iOS and hate the keyboard!
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.
simple things like the swipe gestures, and holding letters for alternate keys (I’m looking at you punctuation!) seem like such simple things apple must prohibit
I use swiftkey on iPhone. The stock keyboard is borderline unusable.
You’re ok with the notifications?
I think I’m in the minority, but I prefer the notifications on iOS.
I really think this keyboard got bad with the latest iOS. They hyped it up so much about its predictive text. It’s way off and just difficult to use compared to GBoard.
The period thing is so fucking annoying
YES YES YES
As I type more than one sentence, the text starts to jump around to the beginning and other odd places, so I constantly have to reposition the cursor or text starting point with my iphone ( it’s got iOS 16.7.2 ) And the dictionary is shiite, it constantly auto incorrect to something misspelled, or corrects words that were spelled correctly. I wish it would do less but more accurately. At least Android didn’t go back and change words.
SwiftKey. I need my number row
i.type.on.my.keyboard.just.fine
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 think apple purposely limits how well other keyboards work on iOS in the name of security. It’s a damn shame too because typing could be so much better on iOS.
Wait where? I don’t even have a full stop on my keyboard when I type normally.
man, even google keyboard on ios sucks, but not quite as bad as the stock keyboard. god damn i miss android so much. next year can’t come soon enough, when apple joines the rest of the world with RCS and can send high quality media over SMS
SwiftKey app
Yes, iOS keyboard is terrible. Swiping helps but only so much (and seems worse at selecting the right word). I keep hoping for improvement.