I hope rants are allowed on r/apple… didn’t see anything about it in the rules.

My iOS keyboard has new behavior since a few days ago. I have most of the QOL features turned off because I sometimes mix different languages, use abbreviations and sometimes need to communicate scientific names/concepts that aren’t saved in dictionaries. I do like the “predictive” option because it saves me from typing commonly used words. Apparently there is now an auto-fill feature that is grouped with the predictive keyboard option. So, if I type “Backe” (german for cheek) but iOS thinks the most likely word I am writing is “backed” it will automatically add a “d” when I hit space.

I

HATE

THIS

Please for the love of god put all the auto-correct / auto-format / auto-fill / auto-bulls*** options separately from the other QOL options. Predictive text options IS NOT the same as typing things automatically for me. It should never be combined.

Anybody else experiencing this frustration? Does anybody have a workaround? I have never really experimented with custom keyboards before but maybe I should.

  • havregryns@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    This feature is the only thing i hate about the keyboard on iOS compared to Android. Its also driving me insane how many times i have to go back and fourth to edit a sentence and sometimes delete a message entirely i sendt

  • sbos_@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Can someone explain what’s happened to the auto check? It’s actually return made up words now

  • zippy72@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    For the first time since I’ve had an iPhone, I’ve had to turn off auto correct. I just can’t stand the changes, it keeps getting worse and those blue lines were the straw that broke me.

  • KingLancelot1991@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I HATE THE WAY IT DOESNT LET ME BACKSPACE JUST CUZ A SUGGESTION IS HIGHLIGHTED

    I SPECIFICALLY WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO DISABLE AUTOCORRECT AND I HARDLY EVER EVEN USE THE SUGGESTIONS

    CUT IT THE FUCK OUT

    • BestCatEva@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      This is sooo annoying. To go back when this happens, I have to delete a whole bunch of things I actually want to keep.

  • loscemochepassa@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I actually find it much better than before, but I do switch the keyboard language to match the one I’m writing in, while in the past it was able to adapt even if I didn’t switch.

    • rJohn420@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I have both the Italian and the us/uk English and it works really well. I don’t know what everyone is complaining about. I don’t even have to switch as you mentioned.

  • Notyourfathersgeek@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    This is annoying. I keep different language keyboards and switch constantly between them to avoid all these troubles.

  • Extraxyz@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    One of the many iOS “features” that clearly show Apple either doesn’t know or care that other countries and languages exist.

  • Gun378@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    the internet in general is anti multilingualism. I’ll be happily using the internet in German and then both google and autocorrect will suddenly try to force me into English and vice versa. I’m not really sure what the fix is but it’s wildly annoying.

  • Dan-in-Va@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Strangely, after using iphones since the very first, there are spelling corrections coming up constantly that are incorrect. For example, while typing the word corrections, it popped up with corrextions. This is not ok.

    Is there a way to replace Apple’s dictionary check with a third party? I’m not talking about Grammarly which I have (I don’t like the Grammarly ios keyboard).

    • qwop22@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      like swiftkey but is there a way to get it to show emoji when I type a word? That is one thing I use all the time in ios keyboard. So if I type “lol” the laughing emoji will show up in the suggestions at top. Or if I type “Omg” or “sad” or “cry” etc

  • ThatParanoidPenguin@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I honestly think everything about the new keyboard/iMessage is abysmal.

    Having AutoFill right next to paste means accidentally clicking into my contacts three times a day, there’s two dictation buttons if you have that on, and the new app tray is so unbelievable cumbersome (and takes up the entire screen).

    No idea what they were thinking this update. I feel like I used to be able to type like a wizard a few updates ago and for the last few months I’ve been struggling to adapt.