How to use different keyboards on your smartphone

Our iPhone and Android devices contain all kinds of secret features, and one of the best ones is getting to customize your text message keyboard. Both devices allow you to change your settings to make your messaging experience as fun and specific to you as you wish. Follow these step-by-step instructions to see how you can design your keyboard exactly the way you want it. 

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What kind of keyboards are on my iPhone? 

The iPhone gives you one standard iOS keyboard for you to type your messages, but you can swap some settings around and add features such as typing in other languages, emojis, one-handed typing and more. 

How to add a language keyboard on your iPhone 

• Go to Settings
• Select General
• Click Keyboard

• At the top of the list, select Keyboards

Settings in iPhone.
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Follow these steps to add a new keyboard.
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• Pick the language you’d like to add.

Next, choose your keyboard’s language.
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How do I switch to an emoji keyboard on my iPhone? 

• Open your iMessages and begin a new message or go to a previous message
• In the bottom left-hand corner, select the smiley face icon

Here’s how to switch to an emoji keyboard.
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• Select whichever emoji you wish to use by swiping left or typing in the search bar.

Using an emoji keyboard for iPhone messaging.
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How do I enable the one-handed keyboard feature on my iPhone? 

Certain iPhone models are much larger than others, and it can be difficult to stretch your fingers that far while typing all the time. That’s why the iOS15 update introduced the one-handed keyboard option to shrink the size of your keyboard and make it easier to type. Here’s how to enable it: 

• Go to Settings
• Click General
• Go to Keyboard

Follow these steps to use the one-handed keyboard feature.
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• Select One-Handed Keyboard

Here, the one-handed keyboard is turned off.
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• Select whether you want your keyboard to appear on the left or right of the screen

This keyboard can appear on the left or right of the screen.
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• Open your iMessages and start a new message to view how your keyboard looks. If…