Do you have a Galaxy? These are the innovations in the Samsung keyboard that are worth trying
If you have purchased a Samsung phone in recent years, it is likely that the first thing you did was replace the built-in keyboard with Google's Gboard. The Samsung keyboard was previously considered cumbersome, slow, and had a particularly frustrating autocorrect. However, in recent times, the company has carried out a quiet revolution, improved performance, and added advanced capabilities.
If you have purchased a Samsung phone in recent years, it is likely that the first thing you did was replace the built-in keyboard with Google's Gboard. The Samsung keyboard was previously considered cumbersome, slow, and had a particularly frustrating autocorrect. However, in recent times, the company has carried out a quiet revolution, improved performance, and added advanced capabilities that will make you seriously consider returning to the original keyboard.
Smart typing and custom design from scratch
One of the most significant upgrades is the improved predictive ability, which now offers entire phrases and multilingual options instead of single words. In addition, design enthusiasts will be happy to discover complete freedom of action. Using the Keys Cafe plugin in the Good Lock app, you can design the keyboard from scratch, change the size of the keys, swap colors, and even customize swipe gestures, alongside the option to enable a high-contrast mode for improved readability.
For those who own several Samsung devices, such as a phone and a tablet, the keyboard offers a universal and extremely fast clipboard. You can copy texts, links, and even screenshots on one device, and find them immediately available for pasting or pinning on the second device. This feature saves the need for cloud note-taking apps and requires only an internet connection and logging into the same Samsung account on both devices.
Improved privacy and offline translation
Another prominent advantage of the keyboard is the full support for working in offline mode. After downloading the appropriate language packages, you can use the built-in translation tool and accurate voice typing even without a network connection. Beyond the convenience on the go, offline work protects your privacy, as data processing is performed locally on the device itself and is not sent to the company's servers, unlike Google's keyboard.
Bottom line, if you are invested in the Samsung ecosystem, the built-in keyboard currently offers a more efficient and productive user experience than ever before. Although you can keep Gboard as a backup for its excellent voice typing, the Samsung keyboard is no longer a compromise, but an advanced work tool that is worth trying.
