I use it almost exclusively/when it makes sense to. But so many people are surprised that I use it.

Part of it is because I was an android user until about 2015 and that was always a feature on the phones I had. I also use it because I have small hands and the biggest iPhone so I find it easier to type one-handed sometimes.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago
[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

i use it only when one hand is avaikable cuz tap tap tap on the keyboard just sounds and feels better

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I only use swipe. Just can't imagine typing using the keys anymore on mobile.

    The iOS keyboard is not very swipe friendly. So I use the Google keyboard.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I use it when I’m typing with one hand. But when I have both hands, I don’t use it.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes I do but it’s definitely not as good as gboard or swiftkey

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s bad with the keyboard lag. First word never registers unless I give it two seconds.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Absolutely. Far quicker and more accurate. Typed this out with gloves on just now.

    Although, I'm not convinced ios 17 is an improvement.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I almost exclusively use swipe type. Is so much faster. After you get use to it rarely make mistakes unless I pause mid swipe

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes, but GBoard. Apple doesn't have my native language supported yet.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I use it quite often, if I type using two hands the keyboard lags like crazy

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It’s easy to be honest. See. Just used it now to type this

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Only on the watch

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes, but it works way worse than it was for years on Android.

    And Gbroard for IOS is piece of garbage from 2015.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Since when have you been able to swipe? I was only thinking about it today. Use to love it on android. (Much easier as I just found out)

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just switched from Android. I only swipe, but the apple key board sucks. Swiping works fine, but having to switch screens for commas. 😳

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I only use swipe to text. I remember seeing it on Android years ago and was excited when it came to iOS natively and use it all the time, I find it a lot quicker than typing normally

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Wow tried this out just now .. it’s fiddly because I type faster with 2 I guess . More practice required

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Not really it always seems to add letters I don't want

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does your dominant hand is also holding the phone while swiping? I'm curious because I want to try swiping, but I can't do it one hand only.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don’t think it is any faster than typing with two hands (and my brain freezes if I mix both, it’s either typing every word or swiping)

    I miss the good ol Nintype days where I could swipe two handed

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don't, but as far as Apple innovations go, I am absolutely annoyed that predictive text isn't available in my language even 5 or 6 iOS generations since the feature was introduced. Proper annoying (Norwegian btw).

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What the heck. Didn’t realise this was even a thing

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    I always try to use it when I can. It’s so convenient.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I usually use it when for one handed replies. Comes in handy.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes, and I love it. After practice it's much faster than regular typing, although you do need to proof (in my experience). I wish there was a swipe-typing course like there are typing courses.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m intermittent. Sometimes I’ll peck into a swiped word back into pecking. I’m weird.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    No I don’t like it, I did try it but nah not for me. Although I use it a lot on my Apple Watch it’s way more easy for the small screen.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Apple’s keyboard and autocorrect is (for some reason) much worse than android’s.

    It’s the only thing I miss about android.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Since swiftkey first appeared on android - so probably at least ten years. It makes a lot of mistakes though. The most frustrating one is that it seems to struggle with the word “and”. Apparently it believes I must mean “ABS”. I guess ABS is far more likely than “and”. /s

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I do but it’s often frustrating to due to two notable issues with Apple’s implementation:

    1. The don’t use the conventional “swipe in a loop over a letter to use two of that letter” approach. Instead they just try to figure it out if you swipe over a letter.

    2. They don’t take grammar into consideration when trying to determine what word you just swiped.

    Both of these lead to the feature failing A LOT to under what I’m trying to say.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes. GBoard/SwiftKey trained me and now I mostly swipe or talk to text out longer thoughts since dictation seems to be improved

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I do when typing one handed as it seems a lot faster. Also when typing on the Apple Watch.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I do. It pisses me off 60% of the time

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    always, it’s literally the only way i type 😭

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    Yes. Been using it since before I got an iPhone in 2016. I have always preferred swipe texting and would download apps to use it when I had Android. I don’t use it exclusively but I use it a ton. Like, just typing this, I’ve used swipe and regular.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I use it for one handed use. It works quite well actually. I have typed this comment with it.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It doesn't let me say fuck still even tho it is supposed to now

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I’ve loved it ever since the swype beta back in the day and been using it ever since

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Swiping is a little faster but I find constantly rubbing the screen starts to become uncomfortable… maybe it’s because I’m on my phone too much.

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