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iOS 26.4 Fixes iPhone Keyboard Accuracy Bug
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vertsix
macrumors 68020
jayducharme
macrumors 601
I thought it was just me getting old. My typing in iOS has sucked lately, when it used to be remarkably accurate. Glad to know a fix is on the way.
jayducharme
macrumors 601
Well that explains your problem -- don't type with fingers crossed. 😀
sully54
macrumors 6502
The keyboard has been horrendous since iOS 18. I truly hope this fixes it.
Kylo83
macrumors 603
Just change the period. And space bar using Safari.i.type.like.this all the time
I wish they’d address the awful in browser keyboard that means so many of us end up writing.like.this.far.too.often.
That’s the main keyboard fix we need. Just make that return button half the size and we solve this headache!
That’s the main keyboard fix we need. Just make that return button half the size and we solve this headache!
Kylo83
macrumors 603
Completely agree I hate it
Edgecrusherr
macrumors 6502a
Great, it's sounds like 26 is almost ready for its first public release...
I believe it happened somewhere between iOS 13 and iOS 15. I don't remember any issues with iOS 12 on my iPhone 5S and immediately noticed a decline with iOS 15 on my iPhone SE (same form factor, etc). I venture that iOS 18 on my iPhone 13 Mini is somewhat worse than iOS 15 was on my iPhone SE but there's a lot of variables in there.
I will finally upgrade to iOS 26 if iOS 26.4 improves the keyboard significantly.
Edgecrusherr
macrumors 6502a
Glad it's not just me! I've never been able to adaptor to that. I also wish they'd give us the option to add a numbers row.
Kylo83
macrumors 603
I have both QuickPath and autocorrect enabled and I still have this issue all the time. I haven’t updated to iOS 26.4 but if this is intended behavior then Apple needs to rethink how its keyboard functions. It was perfectly fine before they started messing with it (and I’ve been using iOS since the first iPhone).
Keyboard accuracy has been crap for years at this point. It used to be really good and then it sort of dropped off the cliff and I had just given up on and accepted it was going to be highly inaccurate. I feel like I first noticed it when they introduced "swipe" texting, dragging your finger from letter to letter.
Edgecrusherr
macrumors 6502a
Same here for macOS 26. The 26 release was a botch update, I had to update my phone so I could use FindMy on my AirPods Pro 3, but I'm not updating my main Macs. I'm hoping 27 will be worth it.
klasma
macrumors G4
It began long before iOS 18, and we’ll have to see how much they actually improved it now.
jonnyb098
macrumors 601
The fact it took 6 months to figure this out and fix it borderlines on pathetic.
"improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly." - so they figured out how to make these fancy new chips they brag about keep up with....TYPING FAST. The comedy writes itself.
"improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly." - so they figured out how to make these fancy new chips they brag about keep up with....TYPING FAST. The comedy writes itself.
I feel like it happened when they introduced "swipe" texting.
Phat^Trance
macrumors 6502a
I hope that you did something about the voice to text or the dictation also.
It doesn't work since I went to 26.3.1. I'm not even able to make a full sentence before it makes up different kind of words that I didn't say , or just stop in the middle of my talk
It doesn't work since I went to 26.3.1. I'm not even able to make a full sentence before it makes up different kind of words that I didn't say , or just stop in the middle of my talk
clancemasterj
macrumors regular
Does.it.fix.this.one.yet?
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That would make sense and correspond to iOS 13. On the assumption that disabling Slide-to-Type might restore iOS 12-era keyboard performance, I'm trying that now with iOS 18.
Spinarelo
macrumors 6502
Omg! This has been driving me crazy. I thought it was just me that had developed a case of fat fingers.
The keyboard has been horrendous since, what, the iphone 8 maybe? They claim to be trying to finally fix it now? What's the rush all of a sudden?
T Coma
macrumors 6502a
Agreed. I remember being amazed, ~10 years ago when I switched to iPhone, at the drastic improvement in typing accuracy. That seems to have changed. While I’m not disregarding a possible decline in my manual dexterity, I’m not aware of it anywhere else, so it appears to me that the phone’s ability has gotten worse.