One reason that Android stand out is its 100% customizable, with that said Android keyboards are no exception.There are a lot of available keyboards that tailors each type of typist, whether you prefer to search and select the letters or just like a standard mobile display, turn your phone sideways and use both thumbs, or swipe across the screen with one finger. Hence this week, we're going to tackle five of the best Android keyboards based on Google Play downloads and nominations from different sites.
Hacker's Keyboard
Are
you missing the key layout you're used to from your computer? This
keyboard has separate number keys, punctuation in the usual places, and
arrow keys. It is based on the AOSP Gingerbread soft keyboard, so it
supports multitouch for the modifier keys.
This keyboard is
especially useful if you use ConnectBot for SSH access. It provides
working Tab/Ctrl/Esc keys, and the arrow keys are essential for devices
such as the Xoom tablet or Nexus S that don't have a trackball or D-Pad.
Learn More: Google Play
APK Link: Download Now
Swype
If
you're unfamiliar with Swype, the keyboard allows you to write words by
drawing a connecting line between the letters of the word across your
keyboard. Sure, you can hunt and peck individual keys, but the real
beauty of Swype is that you can "swipe" your finger from key to key to
draw words, making is easy and fast to type out entire sentences. Swype
was recently acquired by Nuance, the makers of Dragon Dictation and
Naturally Speaking, and the most recent Swype updates
show that Nuance is bringing Dragon-powered speech to text to the app,
along with the predictive typing that guesses the word you type as you
type it, autocorrect, personal custom dictionaries, and other great
features that make it innovative—and one of our favorite keyboards.
Learn More: Swype.com
APK Link: Download Now
Smart Keyboard Pro
Smart
Keyboard Pro will set you back a couple of bucks, but if you're a
tap-typist, it'll change your typing experience. You can customize
everything about the keyboard, including the spacing between the keys,
the text size on the keys, supports text prediction, lets you change the
keyboard to T-9, add your own shortcuts, and more. Plus, you can add
your own skins and language packs to Smart Keyboard Pro so you can
customize it to your language and location.
Learn More: Google Play
APK Link: Download Now
SwiftKey
SwiftKey
made waves for being one of the first Android keyboards to really
embrace predictive text. Not only is SwiftKey able to correct your
typing and guess that you meant to say even if you wind up
typing gibberish, SwiftKey can scan your emails, Facebook posts, Twitter
posts, SMS messages, and more—all to learn how you naturally type and
who you speak to. All of that knowledge goes into its incredible
predictive text engine that knows how you type better than you do.
Available for phones and tablets with custom keyboards for each,
SwiftKey is regularly updated with great features, incredibly powerful, and well worth the money.
Learn More: Google Play
Android Stock Keyboard
Many
of you pointed out that you didn't need a fancy alternative keyboard
for your Android device. The stock keyboard, whether you're running
Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich, works just fine for you. Sure, it
doesn't have fancy predictive text or offline voice (although they're
both coming in Android Jelly Bean), but it works well, supports speech-to-text well enough, and gets the job done.
Source: Lifehacker - for app details and description
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