Is this how most people type on mobile these days, drawing lines all over a keyboard instead of tapping the individual keys? I’ve never had an iPhone so I don’t even know if they can do this natively, but I know you can switch keyboards at least, so it should still be an option if not.
Yes, 100%, I use an iPhone 13 mini and iOS’s one-handed swipe keyboard (right handed swiping on right side singlehand keyboard mode) is my default way of messaging. It goes very fast and detects language changes very accurately as well!
I use a hybrid. If I’m typing with both hands, and I need to be speedy I’ll typically use regular typing, but if I’m just causally typing stuff out or only have one hand I’ll use swipe. I like having the option
I use it all the time, but I’ve recently got a new phone and it’s taking a while for the autocorrect to get used to my swiping, so it has a fair few mistakes currently
For a long time, maybe since they introduced it until about 2 years ago, and then I feel like they really got the voice to text down, and I mostly use that now
Both, I use swipe as my go-to method but if it doesn’t write the proper word I tend to erase it and type it one letter after the other (which happened 3 times as I wrote this comment).
This is very common if you switch languages often. Half the time I’m typing something in spanish and want an english word it jumps the gun and outputs a word I’ve never ever used, and viceversa. That said, I still prefer swipe.
This is the way!
Also what a lot of others already commented, that it’s more smooth to use with one hand.
For me it’s also nice to use, when it comes to switching languages. English is my second language and with swipe it feels like the autocorrect works pretty good, because it is more forgiving if you don’t know exactly how the word is actually written. A small idea about how the word is constructed is enough.
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It’s really the only way I type on a phone or iPad
Is it a native feature now or do you need to use a different keyboard for it?
It has been native for a short while now!
It’s usually more accurate for me and requires less energy since I don’t have to lift up my finger much.
I forgot that swipe to type was even a thing. Trying it now and it seems pretty good.
I have for years wouldn’t go back
Yes, 100%, I use an iPhone 13 mini and iOS’s one-handed swipe keyboard (right handed swiping on right side singlehand keyboard mode) is my default way of messaging. It goes very fast and detects language changes very accurately as well!
I use a hybrid. If I’m typing with both hands, and I need to be speedy I’ll typically use regular typing, but if I’m just causally typing stuff out or only have one hand I’ll use swipe. I like having the option
Good ol’ Fruit Ninja typing. Love it!
I usually swipe but it doesn’t always fill in the right word…so if I’m sending a long or time-sensitive message I just type it out.
I use it all the time, but I’ve recently got a new phone and it’s taking a while for the autocorrect to get used to my swiping, so it has a fair few mistakes currently
For a long time, maybe since they introduced it until about 2 years ago, and then I feel like they really got the voice to text down, and I mostly use that now
I used to do it when phones had smaller touch screens. Now I type with both thumbs. That is a lot faster than swiping with one finger
A lot of keyboards have a one-hand mode that really helped and kept me using the swipe typing even as the screens kept getting bigger.
All the time, yes.
Both, I use swipe as my go-to method but if it doesn’t write the proper word I tend to erase it and type it one letter after the other (which happened 3 times as I wrote this comment).
This is very common if you switch languages often. Half the time I’m typing something in spanish and want an english word it jumps the gun and outputs a word I’ve never ever used, and viceversa. That said, I still prefer swipe.
same, but with more mistypes, as the Ukrainian language has all these word endings that make words longer and harder for the keyboard to guess.
This is the way! Also what a lot of others already commented, that it’s more smooth to use with one hand. For me it’s also nice to use, when it comes to switching languages. English is my second language and with swipe it feels like the autocorrect works pretty good, because it is more forgiving if you don’t know exactly how the word is actually written. A small idea about how the word is constructed is enough.
Absolutely. Been doing that since my first Nexus phone. Without it, I find the mobile keyboard extremely unwieldy.
Yes, that’s my preferred method