What keyboard are you guys using?

[Thud Hardsmack]

Came from the BlackBerry Priv so downloaded the BlackBerry keyboard via Cobalt's BlackBerry Manager app.

Swiftkey is closest to the BlackBerry VKB, but I am used to the BB word substitution where I can map, for example, ure to you're.

That's due to BlackBerry licensing the engine from Swiftkey. I tried the BlackBerry VKB initially, but gave it up because it just wasn't the same as a BB10 device - it's missing the auto-color change depending on app color and the typing didn't feel the same. Swiftkey was okay until Google Keyboard gained a dedicated number row and long-press for symbols plus the ability to put in a background wallpaper of my choosing. Swiftkey has some pretty good themes, and I was very impressed with the animated ones (snow falling as you swipe on a Xmas theme! etc), but only a few are free and even the paid ones are limited in choice.

Swiftkey also lost me in the predictions department, which I thought was strange considering how extremely well the BlackBerry VKB works; the disparity was striking. Over time, Gboard has gotten as good or possibly a little better than BlackBerry, but still falls short for me in the substitution department. Overall, I'm sticking with Gboard for the ability to have long press for symbols and dedicated number row since I'm typing with those quite a bit - setting the duration to 180ms makes it faster than swiping down for symbols and numbers on the BlackBerry VKB (Swiftkey can do this too). It also has swipe left from the delete key to delete a word or sentence, which isn't as easy as BlackBerry swipe left anywhere to delete but good enough.

 

[nicjimbass]

Started using Swype on my iPhone, and then on the G6, until recently. Saw a video showing some cool features of Gboard, so I started using it. I really like it so far, and may stick with it.

 

[scaots]

After a couple days with Gboard, I am pretty happy with it. Happy enough to not need to go back to the laggy and stuttering of swiftkey. I miss the cursor buttons, but sliding on the keyboard is ok, though a little tough for precise movement. Gboard has the number row option which is a must for me and in a couple of days it has become scary good at prediction for me. So Gboard it is. Only thing I really don't like is that I'm used to swiftkey option for automatic space after a period.But I'll get used to it.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Yeah swiftkey got very laggy for some reason.

The BlackBerry keyboard is pretty dope, been using it nonstop

 

[kanucme]

chrooma is the best I've tried and I've had swift key, swype and gboard. things as simple as realizing I mean "u" and not "I" when i want to quick type 'you' and gif features that actually work are big. not to mention the layout and design settings are nice as well

 

[Shawn Magm]

Gboard. If I'm in a place where I can use Google Voice Typing to compose my text messages, I tend to use that more.

 

[pkguy323]

GBoard. Love the talk to text implementation.

 

[jtcannonball]

The Blackberry keyboard is unique and quick. But I can't figure how to find emojis.

 

[tube517]

Gboard and Swiftkey