Bluetooth Mouse

[AC Question]

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

I purchased a Logitech MX Master bluetooth mouse to use with my Android 7.0 smartphone.

I successfully paired the mouse with my smartphone and can navigate around the phone no problem. However I can't get the virtual keyboard to appear when I want to type something in (text messaging/web browsing/Whatsapp etc).

It looks like the phone has identified the mouse as a keyboard instead of a mouse and hense won't provide me with a keyboard to type on.

I have a really cheap £10 mouse which works absolutely fine, but not my £70 Logitech mouse!

I have tried just about every option in the phones input settings section and nothing has worked.

Does anybody have any suggestion?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I've seen some suggestions that using a 3rd party keyboard like Swiftkey might work.

Also, try going to Settings>Language & Input, and see if there's an option for Current Input Method. If so, make sure it's not set to Physical Keyboard.

Which phone do you have?

 

[fushia15]

Thank you very much for your reply, the phone is a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

I've tried just about everything, its a shame Logitech just say the phone isn't designed for Android yet at £72 for the mouse and with bluetooth capability it should work with a smartphone. As i say, my cheap £10 bluetooth mouse works absolutely fine with my smartphone. The curser works fine, just cant get a virtual keyboard to pop up.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[fushia15]

I can confirm Swiftkey has worked, thank you so much for your help, really appreciated!!!