Best keyboards for Android - Bitelia

By Gabriela Gonzalez

November 22, 2013, 00:11

can boast something Android users when compared with any other mobile operating system, is the large amount of customization options with which to have their terminals. In Android we can change virtually every element of the operating system that best fits our needs, or just for personal whim.

The keyboard is one of the most important elements of any mobile device, and over time many developers have attempted to improve the most of the experience of writing on touchscreens, to make it as comfortable and easy as possible. However there is still no perfect keyboard, and comfort physical keys for some remains irreplaceable .

Android keyboard factory, has undergone many changes in its later becoming one of the best versions exist, however not everyone has that Android uses this keyboard, but including the different manufacturers and their respective pros and cons. Fortunately, in the Play Store have many options available that serve as alternatives when your keyboard does not please us. Here are some of the best keyboards for Android that you can download.

Swiftkey

Swiftkey is one of the most popular among users of Android keyboards for several years. His latest update includes exciting new features such as floating keyboards, especially for tablet users, and greatly facilitates the writing to split the keyboard into two parts, making it more comfortable for the thumbs on devices with larger screens.

Swiftkey has it all : word prediction, writing gestures, learns your writing habits as you use it, it syncs with your mail, RSS feeds, social networks and text messages to learn how to write, back up your data in the cloud to stay in sync across all your devices, supports predictions in more than 60 languages ??and style has many themes to customize it.

Swiftkey

supports Android 2.2 and higher, the application is complete payment, but also has a free trial version.

Swype

Swype was the first to introduce Android keyboard to function writing gestures , and although he lost much ground to other keyboards that offered more features, Swype remains good for writing.

Swype is able to predict the next word you’re writing to save time, and can do so in two languages ??at once. It also has functions of synchronization and backup. It is able to learn from your writing to improve their predictions. And it supports voice dictation through Dragon Dictation function , available in 36 languages ??independent of the keyboard. You can adjust the layout and height of keyboards, plus the size of the typeface.

Swype is compatible with Android 2.2 and above, is available in 71 languages ??and payment although it also has a free trial version.

IT

Slide

SlideIT is another keyboard that focuses on writing mendiante gestures, we can say that is in a state of intermediate maturity between Swype and Swiftkey, but where this shines is in its lightness. It works a little better than the latter in phones and mid-range. For more complex than other keyboards can be heavy and have delayed writing.

I could try SlideIT

smartphones with very few resources, and it worked without any lag . SlideIT is compatible with Android 2.2 and is a paid application that also has a trial version.

MultiLing Keyboard

MultiLing Keyboard is developing a keyboard that has all the features we’ve mentioned so far, predictive text, voice dictation, gestures, autocorrect, etc.. But out in the huge amount of customization options with which account. Pixel by pixel can adjust the size of the keys, letters, keyboard height and width, position, colors, etc.. It also has emojis keyboards, and is able to convert text to Unicode we write.

keyboard is a very funny, and a huge support non-Latin characters. It also has a more stable beta version but with test functions missing from the normal version.

MultiLing Keyboard

supports Android 2.1 and higher, and is completely free.

GO Keyboard

GO Keyboard is not a keyboard stand out amazing functions, but rather a keyboard that does the basics but also is highly customizable. Like all products from Go Dev Team, the same creators of GO Launcher, GO Keyboard has a huge gallery of themes available in the Play Store to customize your keyboard with different styles

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keyboard supports 40 languages, self-correction and word prediction, in addition to speech dictation. It is very fast and light, and behaves well in smartphones low end. GO Keyboard is free and compatible with Android 2.0 and above.

A.I.type

AItype has the same functions as other popular keyboards. Predict words and phrases, learn from your habits, self-correcting, etc.. You do not have write functions with gestures, but there are many users that this way of writing do not like.

includes a keyboard with navigation buttons, and keys for copy, cut and paste tecto. You can resize the keyboard by sliding a button from the top. It also supports themes, background images, colors, and custom fonts.

A.I. type is free, but Plus version includes extra features. Supports Android 2.0.1 and above.

TouchPal

X

TouchPal X is relatively new keyboard functions using gestures to predict the text you’re typing. TouchPal X calls its technology “Ultra Gestures”, it does not work exactly like what we are accustomed Swiftkey or Swype, for example. But the gestures used to predict the entire sentence and not just words.

entire keyboard is based on gestures, even to insert smilies emojis keyboard included, can use only gestures. This is a learning curve a little higher than the others, for the novelty, but the truth is quite easy once you get used to.

TouchPal

X is free and compatibility with different versions of Android, device dependent.