Does iOS 18 support T9 texting?

[Risco]

I know it supports dialling. But does it support texting T9 like the old Nokias did?

 

[Paddle1]

No.

 

[twintin]

Apparently now it does.

Apple's Phone App Finally Supports T9 Dialing in iOS 18

T9 dialing, or Text on 9 keys, is a predictive text technology that emerged in the late 90s to make it easier to type text messages on devices with...

www.macrumors.com

 

[chrfr]

Apparently now it does.

Apple's Phone App Finally Supports T9 Dialing in iOS 18

T9 dialing, or Text on 9 keys, is a predictive text technology that emerged in the late 90s to make it easier to type text messages on devices with...

www.macrumors.com

That's for dialing, not text messaging.

 

[martin2345uk]

I dont understand the concept of T9 dialling… do you not just dial numbers?
edit: read the f***ing article before commenting Martin. Makes sense now!

 

[SoupyTwist]

Someone could in theory create a custom T9 keyboard for typing, but I'm not sure if the iOS keyboard API is too restrictive. There may be options on the App Store if that's something you're after.