Keyboards

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logo Gboard (Google Keyboard) Gboard (Google Keyboard)
logo Simple Keyboard Simple Keyboard
logo OpenBoard OpenBoard
logo Cheetah Keyboard Cheetah Keyboard
logo Kika Keyboard Kika Keyboard
logo TouchPal Keyboard TouchPal Keyboard
logo SwiftKey Keyboard SwiftKey Keyboard
logo Smart Keyboard Smart Keyboard
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Many owners of Android smartphones find the system's native keyboard mediocre, and the first thing they do after buying a phone is go to Google Play for a new keyboard. Fortunately, for Android there are a lot of third-party functional keyboards that meet the different needs and requirements of users.

For active users of social networks and messengers a good functional keyboard is a must. It will also be useful for people who actively use the Internet. Nowadays a lot of alternative keyboards have been developed, and they are in abundance on the Internet. But in terms of functionality, not every application will be handy. Some of them don't have text correction function, others even have weak basic functions, and some have colorful interface but are in fact useless. This review presents the best of the currently available utilities.

Some focus on implementing fun features designed to entertain the user. Others allow you to type text faster. Still others combine these functions. There are several options on the market, but still the dominant keyboards are from manufacturers Microsoft and Google. They are the leaders.

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Yandex Keyboard is a multifunctional application developed by the Russian company with the same name, and has an application for Android with many features that make modern communication much more pleasant and colorful. Emoji, gifs and pictures help to convey to your friends your desired emotion or just lift your spirits. If you can't find the picture you need, the app allows you to search the web. After all, communicating on the Internet has long been more than just exchanging phrases and emoticons.

Pros

    • Ability to switch between Russian and English layout with a swipe
    • Ready sets of gifokas on different subjects and easy search for pictures on the Internet
    • As you type, appropriate emoticons and emoji appear in the tooltips
    • Sending geo-tags
    • Built-in dictionary, will suggest to finish almost any word after you and help not to make mistakes and typos
    • Built-in Yandex Translator helps you communicate even if you do not understand Russian

Google Keyboard (Gboard), which is built into all Android smartphones, has evolved over the years from a simple program with keys to a virtually universal service. However, even now not everyone is aware of the functionality of this mobile keyboard. It has a lot of design themes, clipboard, continuous text input, built-in translator, wide range of smiles and animated pictures, voice input and many other handy features. It is successfully used even by owners of iPhones, downloading it from the AppStore. Its appearance is not much different from the iOS keyboard, but the personalization options are much higher. Let's take a closer look at the functionality of this service, because many users are not even aware of half of the program options.

Pros

    • Continuous input
    • Voice input
    • Find information from Google and send it to your friends
    • Search for emoticons
    • Works with GIFs
    • Multilingual input

Modern mobile devices are already completely replacing stationary computers and are used not only for Internet surfing, communication and calls, but also for extensive text input, which requires a handy keyboard.

Pros

    • Keyboard is suitable for any generation of smartphones
    • Utility is lightweight (only 1 Mb)
    • Keyboard height can be adjusted to increase screen space
    • The keyboard will suit users who do not type emoticons - they are not in the interface
    • The application does not involve advertising and is downloaded for free

Cons

    • No voice check function

OpenBoard is a virtual keyboard on Android that you can replace the built-in keyboard to add new features to your keyboard shortcut. It can work by default or be enabled additionally. Compared to the default keyboards, it has many advantages.

Pros

    • Provides input in 80 languages
    • A variety of emoticons and emoji
    • Switching themes
    • Totally free
    • Supports deletion gesture
    • Customizable keyboard size is supported

Cheetah Keyboard is a non-standard keyboard with smart input and advanced customization settings. The program can be recommended to users of social networks, bloggers and online marketers who break up their messages with bright emoticons and thumbnails.

Pros

    • An online dictionary that helps you write without mistakes
    • Smart answer feature that suggests words that match the content of your message
    • Hundreds of themes for your keyboard
    • Theme customization option
    • Swype for typing with your finger on the screen
    • Voice input with text-to-voice input
    • Keyboard with emoticons
    • Search for different gifs and popular memes
    • Resize keyboards

Cons

    • It puts a lot of stress on the device

Technology development is constantly improving the capabilities of mobile devices, and smartphone is not only a means of communication, but also a convenient tool for entering working documentation, blogging in social networks and official correspondence. The device's built-in keyboard is not always conducive to optimal work, and the specially developed Kika Keyboard application offers an individual approach to user settings.

Pros

    • Multicolored keyboard themes/skins
    • Search and send animated GIFs
    • Swipe to Type (non-stop typing feature)
    • Word inspector
    • Smart auto-corrector
    • Support for over 60 languages and dictionaries, including English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
    • Changeable keyboards with customizable fonts
    • Voice input
    • Keyboard clicks sound

TouchPal Keyboard is an open-source virtual mobile keyboard that allows you to enter text comfortably and quickly on Android devices using a variety of emoji.

Pros

    • Change the typing panel layout
    • Typing
    • TouchPal remembers new words you use while typing
    • You can save all information and settings in the app directly to the cloud or your smartphone memory
    • Voice typing
    • Lots of emoji and emoticons

Cons

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SwiftKey Keyboard is a fast virtual keyboard with smart data entry and incognito mode support. The program is recommended because of the convenient typing of text and messages. The user can choose a suitable size of the buttons, set a comfortable theme, and use several language layouts to communicate in foreign languages.

Pros

    • Intelligent text correction system
    • Great variety of free design themes
    • Personal keyboard customization tools
    • Synchronization with cloud storage and popular online services
    • Supports more than 60 languages

Smart Keyboard is a keyboard with a traditional input method. It is quite popular among users of the Android operating system and has many positive reviews, although initially many are not impressed with its appearance. But the problem is easily solved by changing the theme in the settings. There are many familiar to the eye: HTC's, there are also themes a la iPhone or Samsung. Everyone will find a theme to his liking. It is worth noting that the languages are not included, you have to download them separately from Google Play. Therefore, when downloading Smart Keyboard, do not forget about the language pack, otherwise the Latin alphabet (English) will be the only option. The keyboard languages are changed in the settings, you can set the default to a particular one. Here are the rest of the settings, which are mainly dedicated to the appearance of the keyboard.

Pros

    • There is support for multitouch and smart dictionaries
    • Keyboard has multiple languages (layouts)
    • You can change the design theme
    • There is a convenient voice text input
    • Keyboard has T9 mode
    • It does not take a lot of space on the screen
    • Calibration function
    • Customize the keyboard to fit your preferences quickly and easily

The software market offers many different options for improving the built-in utilities on your mobile gadget. Special Go Keyboard software has a proven track record for high-speed and correct text input, and the customizable user interface is highly customizable.

Pros

    • Hundreds of stunning emoticon
    • Great choice of themes, new interesting variants are added every week
    • Convenient menu, two shortcut keys and standard interface
    • Adjust the font, spacing, vibration level and transparency and many other settings
    • Automatic error correction and intelligent text input
    • Typing with gestures and sounds
    • Privacy protection