Swift key vs google L keyboard.. Which do u prefer??

[Linh321]

I like the L keyboard but it's not fluid in term of words predicted shen I am typing. SwiftKey just know what will I be typing the next word so much better than all the other ones that I tried. The only thing I don't like is the voice dictation button I have to long press the comas button to get it up but with the L Keyboard it's conveniently up on top right where if you are right handed it's a lot easier to get to...

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[Fedginator]

Prefer SwiftKey more themes and if you swipe type google keyboard deletes the whole word of you press backspace which is really annoying

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[Katt50]

Where can I find this? Tried the play store

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Search for Super SwiftKey or Team Blackout over on XDA Developers. It's not on the play store but it is in the Team Blackout Updater.

 

[Strider2112]

I had used swiftkey for most of my Android career. I was a huge proprietor of it and even got most of my friends and family to buy over to swiftkey. I had purchased it and even purchased a few themes when they brought out the latest version.

Swiftkey always had the best prediction algorithm and the introduction of "flow" sort of sealed the cake in the box. Then things changed...

How could swiftkey keep up with a tech giant? Google has the research and development centre adequate enough to invent military technology before the military can. Within a few short weeks of the introduction of "flow" by swiftkey, google had released their keyboard to non nexus devices. This was when I decided to give it a try, I mean, it was made by Google and it had a "swipe" feature; so it must be good, right?

That was a couple years back, I had not installed swiftkey on any phone since. Even now, I'm using the Google keyboard to type this. I did try going back to swiftkey for a little bit (that's what my wife uses), but I found it laggy (some letters wouldn't pop up when I typed fast), and the prediction was atrocious. I even tried out a "material" theme. The keyboard was nice, but I just couldn't put my finger on what was not quite right about it... Back to Google I went, and was amazed by how smooth it was.

Game over, swiftkey fought hard, but they just couldn't keep up. Who needs a keyboard with a built in social network, anyway?

TLR
Used to use swiftkey, tossed up between SK and Google Keyboard, in the end SK just can't keep up.



Differences:
Swiftkey pros:
Can change the shape and side of num pad.
Can very quickly enter ? And !
Themes, customization

Google Keyboard pros:
Can add punctuation very smoothly by "swiping" from the "?123" icon to a punc.
Very smooth and never lags
Minimalistic, Google voice, and amazing swipe (very accurate)

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[anon(5506951)]

I actually use TouchPal 2015 keyboard.
I can't stand the fact that you can't disable the pop up on keypress. It's rather distracting. Also, TouchPal is emoji capable.

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[WeAreAllUnique]

I use the Google keyboard. I have tried Swiftkey and some of the other third party keyboards and the Google keyboard seems to work the best for me.

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[LeoRex]

Yeah... I stick with the Google keyboard as well. It may not have the features that the others have, but I never see the stutters, laggy burps and miss-hits that I see with Swiftkey and Swype.

I'd rather have consistency and stability than anything else.

 

[Gunny94]

Been using Swiftkey since it got released, but only recently I switched to Google Keyboard.

Reason? The lag, I couldn't stand the shutters they were awful.

So I put the portuguese and english keyboards on Google Keyboard alongside the material dark theme and it's all set... Couldn't be happier..

Just try both and see which one is better for you.

 

[WP7Nettwerk]

I like Android keyboard. Some web sites has issue with swift key.

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[davidnc]

I am currently using Google Keyboard, is been awhile since I used swype . I never really was wild about swift

 

[Javier P]

Swiftkey for me. Without doubt the best multilingual keyboard and the prediction machine when swiping is just amazing. And the new dark theme is nice enough for me

 

[LeoRex]

My main issues with BOTH Swype and Swiftkey? "was".... that simple word. Both those keyboards won't pick it up. I gesture type and for the life of me, it won't pick up the trace for the work on either keyboard. Makes no sense... Google and AOSP keyboard handle it well enough, so its not a problem with the margins on my Nexus 6's screen... The only thing I can think of is both keyboards have some sort of buffer on the edge of the screen and it is messing with the trace.

That being said, I've grown to prefer the look of the GK as well, both the old dark theme and the newer material dark themes... they just look cleaner and less fussy. I just wish that Google would add in the option to add arrow keys on the nav bar when a KB is up, like many custom ROMs have added. I know Swiftkey has that, but it stacks arrows on the keyboard, adding more height. Integrating it into the nav bar makes things so much cleaner and easy to use.

But that's not a keyboard issue, that's up to the OS.

 

[Almeuit]

I am a heavy SK user. I tried Google Keyboard and it didn't click. I actually am liking Google Messenger for my text messages though .

 

[Javier P]

My main issues with BOTH Swype and Swiftkey? "was".... that simple word. Both those keyboards won't pick it up. I gesture type and for the life of me, it won't pick up the trace for the work on either keyboard. Makes no sense...

LOL! Yeah. The "was" thing is an annoying mystery. I manage to get it done exaggerating the swipe motion. I make a detour from the w to the a through the s and then the s. Wsas and it works every time.

 

[mustang8918]

I don't know if this has been covered already or not but you can get the dedicated number row with the google keyboard. It's explained at the end of the Android Authority, Nexus 6 tips and trips youtube video that's 6:02 long.

 

[cert15z]

Swiftkey

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[jmarkey77]

Google keyboard

 

[Mike-Mike]

Samsung keyboard is by far my favorite. Previously on my Droid Turbo I used Swiftkey, but since I got this Nexus 6, I have really liked Google's keyboard

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[krishnansasikumar]

SwiftKey for me. I type in 3 languages and the predictions are almost always correct. And it gives suggestions which are almost always correct, if there are multiple matches . Very rarely do I have to type in the whole word

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[anon(9072051)]

I like the multiple languages support in SwiftKey, too. I also prefer the SK skins: nice fat-looking keys that are appropriate for my hotdog fingers. I tried Swype a while ago but just could not make it work.