I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

  • Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
  • Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

  • It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type “our” and it changes to “out”, I recently typed “purpose” and it changed it to “purple”. Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

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Did you know you can turn off autocorrect?

I’ve been using Swype since its inception and I’ve stuck with it after it was called SwiftKey and still use it now it’s owned by Microsoft.

Gboard is okay enough but I’ve gotten more used to SwiftKey.

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I like autocorrecting typos, I don’t like autocorrecting words into other words. As far as I’ve found you can’t have one without the other. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

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No that’s correct. It cannot distinguish between typos and different words

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No way to know if you meant to typo type or typo

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It’s a shame. It doesn’t seem like it would be hard to implement one that doesn’t change correctly spelled words at all.

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If you type the wrong word, it will underline it and you can click on it, then tap on the correct auto suggested word. Very easy

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Same, been using it long before it was bought by Microsoft. It has customizations I like, and (when it works properly) I can copy and paste between my phone and computer.

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That sounds like a really nice feature (the copy between devices). Does it have gifs built in?

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Yeah

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I’ve turned off autocorrect long time ago. Suggestions are fine. The one click more when I’m wrong is worth my time and I’m automatically educated to type correctly.

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