Typing with a swipe? Sounds intimidating, I know—and yes, it certainly takes some getting used-to. But if you give swiping your Android or iOS keyboard a serious try, there’s a good chance you’ll never go back to tapping.
Android users have been able to swipe to type for a few years now. Thanks to iOS’s (relatively) new support for third-party keyboards, iPhone and iPad users can finally type with a swipe, too.
Setting up a swipe-to-type (or “gesture”) keypad on your handset takes only a few minutes. Getting the hang of typing with a swipe takes somewhat longer, no question about it.
But once you’re comfortable with swiping from one letter key to the next, I think you’ll find that composing text messages, email, and just about any other document on your touchscreen handset feels 10 times easier—and depending how good you get, maybe even 10 times faster.
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