Are you me? This is exactly right. Drives me crazy. If every Android phone wasn’t garbage that gets abandoned in 8 months I probably would have switched over this already.
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Microsoft Brings Back SwiftKey for iOS, Teases New Features Coming Soon
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Are you me? This is exactly right. Drives me crazy. If every Android phone wasn’t garbage that gets abandoned in 8 months I probably would have switched over this already.
I type in English and Polish. I had to switch to Gboard after SwiftKey support was dropped and it became very glitchy. Gboard is still better than Apple's keyboard, but SwiftKey had a good feeling to it, so I'm excited it's coming back. Apple keyboard is just tragic for languages they don't develop, like Polish. It's probably the worst aspect of having an iPhone as a Polish-speaking person. It's like your phone got stuck back in 2009. No swiping, no prediction, no auto multi-lingual typing. Just awful.
Those people are infuriating. I've used ios for over 10 years, it's never been like this lol. Telling me I'm in inaccurate typer is laughable...
Exactly. It’s never been great but it’s clearly, obviously worse in 16.
You can turn off autocorrect FWIW (everyone should because it’s horrible).
Kinda funny aurocorreft even changed an into in, in the post you quoted lol. Kinda proves the point...
With the exception of GBoard being a better keyboard (I switch between Android and iOS fairly frequently and GBoard is hands down the best for me), everything you've listed here is still more work on Android.
Timers in the dynamic island show you how long is left, why would somebody just want to see if it was running? Swiping down (twice) to access Google Wallet is fine, but I'd rather just very quickly double press the button on the side. There are things Android can do better, but these were strange things to pick out.
I did that last year, but still used auto suggest, tapping it rather than letting it automatically insert. But now that is broken too.
Swipe typing is terrible on iOS keyboard. When I try to type ‘and’ it always wants to change it to andy or andrew, neither of which are in my contacts and neither of which did I go anywhere near. It didn’t used to be so bad, it’s just gotten worse and worse.
That one never felt good to me. I use the Google one which does have keys and such where I like them. To each their own, but glad 3rd party are allowed.
Note that these 3rd party keyboards pretty much always require you to grant FULL access to your iOS device - a massive security concern i.e. everything you type can potentially be data mined. That's why whenever you're required to enter text into a password field you'll notice Apple override the 3rd party keyboard with their own (that doesn't have this concern). If any of these 3rd party keyboards are free then just run away, and even if they cost money you still can't really trust the developer's Privacy Statement because Apple DO NOT verify or stand behind it - they only display what the developer says he does. Many shady apps have been caught in violation of their privacy statements! Apple just need to step up with a MUCH more functional keyboard because they are virtually by definition the only keyboard you can trust.
Well, if they say they'll be “investing heavily in the keyboard.” that kinda seems like it'll stay.
I used Gboard for so many years on Android with no issues, people are to paranoid. I really don't care about data mining it makes Google Assistant that much better.
See, one thing I never miss when I leave Android are the keyboards. I think that the iOS keyboard is better for my use than any alternative I have tried on Android. I can see people wishing iOS allowed a bit more customization on the keyboard, but for me I think that tapping the button to get to the comma is faster than long pressing the period key. I also like the consistency of the Apple keyboard and how it looks like the rest of my phone instead of seeming like something separate. The key sizes also work perfectly for my fingers and I have higher accuracy on iOS. I don't like Swiftkey compared to Google's keyboard on Android because I don't need my spacebar saying "Microsoft" on it. That alone disqualifies Swiftkey from being on my device. Google and Samsung offer my favorite keyboards on Android. But Google's is my choice because at least it directly integrates into Google's services instead of attempting to force Samsung's services.
The original Windows Phone 7 keyboard was the best, and this is as close to that one as you can get. I'm quite happy it's back.
More work? Swiping down once to get the timer? In what situation do you need to the see the timer obsessively? The whole point of a timer is to tell you when a certain amount of time has passed. If you need to constantly look to see how much time you have left, then perhaps staring at the clock is best. I just don't see what the great innovation of the dynamic island is. It's just another gimmick like the Touch Bar.
I hate double pressing for Apple Pay. I want the payment action to be deliberate so swiping down IMO is much better. The power button should just be for powering a phone on/off. Having to press the power button and volume up/down to turn the phone off is stupid.