Who loves to type long text messages? Nobody. After all, why would you do so when you have emojis, right. But, sometimes, it’s mandatory typing out texts or emails.

Do you own an iPhone? Then, congratulations, as there are many tech tricks built into your device, you are unaware. You are spending a good chunk of your day using the onscreen keyboard, but haven’t fully explored it. iPhone app development companies design many keyboard apps every year. But, you do not need them as your device offers many hidden in-built features.

Here are some advanced tricks that will make your keyboard journey faster and easier than ever. You will surely become a quick-typing iPhone avenger by the end of the article.

Creating Cool Shortcuts
Your iPhone offers you a “Text Replacement” feature. It replaces short-forms with full words, entire sentences, or even emoticons.

For example, if you often ask someone if he/she had his/her dinner, you can create the shortcut “dyhyd.” It will automatically expand into “Did you have your dinner?”

You can use it by simply going to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. Tap the plus sign and add your new shortcut. So simple. It works the same way for emoji too.

Easy-to-Use Keyboard
Apple offers a special feature for those typing one-handed. It provides a simple trick that makes your keyboard smaller and shifts on either side. It is particularly useful for larger iPhone models like iPhone XS Max and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Suppose you have enabled multiple keyboards, tap and hold on the emoticon or globe icon at the bottom left. You will see the option to shift your keyboard to either on the left or right-hand side of the screen. Else, you can enable by going to Settings > General > Keyboard > One-handed Keyboard.

Unique text features
You can create bold and italic texts on your iPhone. Plus, you can change its formatting in your email, the notes app, and third-party apps like Whatsapp.

It’s very easy to use the feature. Just tap on the text, select the required passage, and you will see the “BUI” option on the screen.

Keyboard into Trackpad
Any iPhone from 6s and above has the feature that turns the keyboard into a mini trackpad. You can do so by activating the cursor-control functionality.

Just use the pressure-sensitive 3D Touch tech and hard press on your keyboard. The characters will blank out, and your keyboard will convert into a trackpad.

Add Words to your iPhone Dictionary
You can’t add words to your iPhone’s dictionary, technically. But, you can add them to your contacts.

It’s helpful if your phone refuses to recognize a company name, place, or pet’s name, for example. You can add the word into your contacts, and that’s it. In the future, whenever you use the saved word, it will show up as a predictive text suggestion.

Shake-it Feature
You can shake your iPhone, and your device will undo whatever you had texted. Surprisingly, It’s around for a while, but very few people know about it.

If you accidentally shook your phone and hit “Undo,” then another shake will bring the option to “Redo Typing.” That’s cool, right.

You can use it by going to settings > Accessibility > Shake to Undo.

Conclusion
Hence, you can save a lot of time using your iPhone’s smart keyboard features. It’s as useful as some app development company designed keyboard apps. It helps you type fast and easy, like never before, without any hassle.