I suggest you contact Samsung customer service to ask for the feature enhancement. Nobody here can enact changes to your device. You could also see if you can install a 3rd-party keyboard to give you the functionality you seek.
Also, you are not alone in not liking the update. I have personally replied to at least a dozen threads similarly titled and related to the same device model.
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