Hi friends. My quest to remove Google products from my life continues.

I’ve always been very fearful of swapping keyboard apps. I can think of no better way to track someone than to bug their keyboard. How can I trust any keyboard software, really? My wishlist:

  • Something that addresses my privacy concerns
  • Supports both english and portuguese dictionaries at the same time
  • Has a dark theme
  • Is available on some sort of store, so I don’t have to download APKs for every single update

Thanks!

  • mogul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    Holy crap do I feel left out. I’ve been using SwiftKey since before M$ purchased it and since then it has gotten better (except that stupid Bing hub AI BS). I think I’ve been using SwiftKey for like 9 years now.

    • Bebo@literature.cafeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Same here. I use it on all my devices and I am so used to it, that I can’t use another keyboard. Also, for me autocorrect on SwiftKey is way better than on gboard.

      • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Also same. Sometimes it decides typos are things that I want in my custom dictionary and will start replacing real words with gibberish, and then I have the same dilemma as OP, trying out a ton of different keyboards before eventually reverting to a clean install of SwiftKey.

        Weird typo corrections and MS ownership aside, I really like how SwiftKey works and struggle to use anything else.

        • canEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          You can just long press on the gibberish and it won’t suggest it again.

        • Bebo@literature.cafeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Talking about autocorrect weirdnesses, my keyboard (SwiftKey) seems to have a strange fascination with apostrophe s. Whenever I type a plural version of a word which is ending in s, it will autocorrect to apostrophe s!

      • mogul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t even know it had an adaptive theme! Now I gotta look for it and give it a try.

        • bolanrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Neither did I. Pretty sure I never really looked after I got my note 8 when it came out. Only got a new phone a week or two ago. No idea when it came out.

          • mogul@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Honestly I’m surprised SwiftKey still uses those super basic themes. Looking at the adaptive theme it reminds me of the stock theme

              • mogul@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I just imagine a world where the material folks and the over the top theme folks can coexist on the same keyboard app lol.

    • Blue and Orange@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Bing AI rocks! It’s so cool how it works with SwiftKey to make typing easier and faster. I love how it can suggest words, emojis, and even GIFs based on what I’m writing. It also helps me with spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Bing AI is like a smart friend who always knows what to say.