One of Android’s best and most oft-overlooked features is its ability to switch out the default keyboard for an alternative. These come with extra, innovative features and are a vast improvement on the stock keyboards.
There are hundreds on the Play Store, too, and you can change keyboards until you find one you like. With this in mind, we’ve selected nine of the best keyboards available on Android devices.
But before you download them, it’s a good idea to work out what sort of typist you are. Some people love swanky swipe interfaces, whereas others feel more comfortable with more tactile traditional keyboards. On top of those are some really odd keyboards which do something a little different.
Switching between the various keyboards can be a bit of a pain, but if you tap the menu key on your device, choose “Settings” and then go to “Language & keyboard” you’ll be able to choose which ones are active, and which one is currently set as the default.