Although iPhone owners got a nice keyboard update with the release of iOS 17, it still lags Gboard. And if you’re the proud new owner of a Samsung Galaxy S24, you’re lucky enough to have all the sweet new AI features on the Samsung keyboard. That said, the iOS keyboard has several tricks up its sleeve to fix typos on the go. You may sometimes run into typos when you write business emails or X threads on your iPhone.
Tapping an exact word in a long paragraph can be inconvenient and confusing. And while you can tap and hold on a word to enable a magnifying glass and place the cursor exactly where you want, there’s a much easier way to deal with the problem, thanks to an iPhone feature you probably never knew you had.
Your iPhone’s keyboard has a secret trackpad that allows you to quickly move around and make edits on the go. This guide will walk you through the steps to turn on and use the trackpad feature on your phone.
The ability to use a secret trackpad is also available on an iPad. However, the feature is more useful for iPhone users. Most iPad users prefer a dedicated keyboard to write long paragraphs and emails. Go through the steps below:
iOS supports third-party keyboard apps like Gboard and SwiftKey. Thanks to add-ons like Bing integration, AI-powered co-pilot, clipboard, and Microsoft Translate, SwiftKey is getting popular among iPhone users. The secret trackpad is available on SwiftKey with a similar implementation.
As expected, the entire trackpad experience is more precise and better on the default keyboard than on Microsoft SwiftKey.
Did you recently move from Android to iPhone? The first few days can be tough to adjust with the iOS software. You can read our dedicated guide to make your new iPhone feel a bit more like Android.
Maybe if we start telling people the brain is an app they will start using it!
