You need to write some English lyrics on yours iPhone and, therefore, would you like to activate the keyboard (with relative corrector) in this language? Are you tired of the usual look of the iOS keyboard, would you like to change its color and / or size but you don’t know how to do it? Have you read about the possibility of installing alternative keyboards on iPhone and would like more information about it? No problem. If these are some of the questions you are asking yourself, know that, if you want, I am here to help you.
If you give me a few minutes of your free time, I can in fact explain to you how to change keyboard on iPhone showing you the procedures to change the language, color and size of the same; moreover, I can show you how to install alternative keyboards compared to the default one of the Apple operating system (although, I already tell you, it is not an operation that I recommend). I assure you that these are, in any case, extremely simple operations to implement, even by those who, like you, do not know much about technology. Come on, try it too: read the instructions below and try to put them into practice, I assure you that you will be able to do everything in a flash!
Just a small clarification before starting: for the tutorial I used an iPhone XS Max equipped with iOS 13. In any case, the information contained in the article should be valid for all models of “iPhone by” and for all versions of iOS (knowing that support for third-party keyboards was introduced starting from iOS 8). Enjoy your reading and have fun!
Index
- How to change keyboard language on iPhone
- How to change keyboard type on iPhone
- How to change keyboard color on iPhone
- How to change keyboard font on iPhone
How to change keyboard language on iPhone
If your intent is change the iPhone keyboard language, know that this is a really simple operation. Furthermore, you will be pleased to know that you can set the use of keyboards in multiple languages at the same time and “switch” from one to the other with a simple tap, directly while typing texts. The spelling check will be done automatically in all the languages you set: iOS will automatically recognize if you are typing in one language or another.
That said, let’s take action. To set the language (or languages) of the iPhone keyboard, go to the menu Settings of iOS (thegear icon located on the home screen) and go to General> Keyboard> Keyboards. At this point, tap on the item Add new keyboard, select the language of the keyboard you want to add to the iPhone and repeat the operation for all the keyboards (and languages) of your interest. If you want, you can also activate the keyboard Emoji, which allows you to quickly access the list of all the “smilies” available in iOS (more info here).
Once you have added all the keyboards you want to use in iOS, press the button Edit, located at the top right, and arrange the various languages in the order you prefer (that is, in the order you want to be respected when you switch from one keyboard to another while typing texts). Once this is done, click on the button end (always at the top right), to save your preferences. If, for some keyboards, you want to use a different layout from the classic QWERTY (eg. QWERTZ or AZERTY), click on the language of your interest and select an alternative layout from those available.
Mission accomplished! From this moment on, you can “switch” from one keyboard to another, while typing the texts, simply by pressing on theworld map icon located in the lower left corner of the iOS virtual keyboard.
In case of second thoughts, know that you can delete a language from the iOS keyboards by returning to the menu Settings> General> Keyboard> Keyboardsby pressing the button Edit (top right) and first tapping on the symbol (-) related to the language you want to delete and then on the button Delete, which appears on the right.
How to change keyboard type on iPhone
Starting with iOS 11, Apple has diversified the iPhone keyboard by introducing alternative ways of entering text. For example, you can turn on the one-handed operation mode, which “squeezes” the iOS virtual keyboard to the left or right side of the screen, allowing for easier one-handed typing (especially on iPhone models with larger displays). In iOS 13, then, the writing mode by “scrolling”, thanks to which just swipe your finger on the screen, without ever detaching it from the keyboard, to type the words, which are intelligently predicted by the operating system.
If you are interested in these two features, proceed as I am about to suggest: if you are interested in the one-handed writing mode, start typing text, do a prolonged tap onworld map icon located at the bottom left and select thekeyboard icon squeezed left or right, depending on the direction in which you want to “shrink” the iOS virtual keyboard. Then, to restore the keyboard to full size, just press on arrow present on the left or right side of the same.
To activate the “scrolling” writing mode in iOS 13 and later, go to the menu instead Settings> General> Keyboard and, if necessary, move up ON the lever for the option Swipe to start writing. At this point, to use this feature, simply call up the iOS keyboard (in any language) and swipe your finger on it, in order to touch the letters that make up the word you want to type. You will only need to take your finger off the screen when you have finished entering each word. The space will be added automatically. If iOS fails to “guess” the word you wanted to type, correct it by pressing on one of the suggestions that appear above the keyboard (if applicable); otherwise it deletes the word automatically entered by the operating system and type another one normally, by pressing the keys of the virtual keyboard.
How do you say? You would like to change keyboard type on iPhone by installing one keyboard different than the default of iOS? Personally, I strongly advise against this practice, as third-party keyboards can be potentially dangerous for privacy (they have access to all the keys typed with them) and do not offer performance on a par with the keyboard present “standard” in the system .
In any case, if you really want to do this, proceed as follows: install the keyboard app of your interest through theApp Store (personally, the only alternative keyboard I recommend you consider is Google’s).
When the download is complete, then go to the menu Settings> General> Keyboard> Keyboards, click on the option Add new keyboard and select the keyboard of your interest (eg. Gboard). Once this is done, click on the button Edit (top left) and, if you think fit, move the new keyboard to the first place in the list of available keyboards, so that it can be used as the default keyboard.
Some keyboards require full access to the system to function properly (which potentially makes them even more dangerous in terms of privacy): to grant these permissions, select them in the menu Settings> General> Keyboard> Keyboards and carry on ON the lever for the option Allow full access.
How to change keyboard color on iPhone
You would like to know how to change keyboard color on iPhone? Well, I’m sorry to tell you that the default iOS keyboard has only one color which, starting with version 13 of the operating system, adapts depending on whether the phone is activated. clear theme or the dark theme interface: this means that, if the clear interface is set on the iPhone, the keyboard appears gray with white keys; if, on the other hand, the dark theme is set, it appears black with dark gray keys.
If you are satisfied with this minimum level of customization, I would like to point out that you can activate or deactivate the iOS dark theme by going to the menu Settings> Display and brightness and placing the check mark next to the item Clear, to use the clear theme of the interface, or next to the item Dark, to use the dark theme.
Also, you can activate the toggle Automatic, to make sure that the dark theme is automatically activated in the evening (or at the times you prefer, which you can set by tapping on the item Options).
Alternatively, you can install alternative keyboards for iOS that involve customizing themes, such as the SwiftKey keyboard. However, as amply pointed out above, I advise you not to carry out an operation of this kind, both for a matter of privacy and for a matter of performance; then obviously it is up to you to decide (knowing that I do not take any responsibility for any problems you may encounter using unofficial keyboards on your “iPhone”).
How to change keyboard font on iPhone
Would you change the typing character of the iPhone keyboard? Sorry to disappoint you but, even then, the default iOS keyboard doesn’t offer many customization options. Starting with iOS 13, it is possible to install external fonts on the iPhone, however these do not affect the appearance of the keyboard (they can only be used in applications that support them); the same is true if you try to increase / decrease the size of the texts in the menu Settings> Display and brightness> Text size: The size of the keyboard text does not change.
In short: the only solution to have a keyboard with different fonts in iOS is to install alternative keyboards which, as widely said, are not recommended for a variety of reasons. Among other things, the most attractive from an aesthetic point of view and which focus on visual customization, are often also the most “obscure” from the point of view of data processing and “heavier”, therefore with worse performance. Then don’t tell me I didn’t warn you!
