samsung keyboard is one of the most feature-rich touch input solutions out there. It’s available out of the box for Galaxy smartphones and tablets, and it’s packed with customization options and useful tools. Today, we’ll explore some of these Samsung keyboard features that can help improve your experience.
In addition to the Samsung keyboard that offers strong features of its own, the app also supports some third-party tools, including extensions for Bitmoji and mojitok, GIF galleries via Giphy and Tenor, and more. We’ll also mention a couple of “hidden” features that you might not know about, so without further ado, here are some of our favorite Samsung Keyboard tools, tips, and tricks.
NOTE: This guide was created using A 5.0 user interface about him Galaxy S22+and some settings/options may differ or not be present in Samsung keyboard for other versions of One UI.
Manage third-party Samsung keyboard extensions
To access the Samsung keyboard settings, open the Settings application on your phone, access “General Administration,” play “List of keyboards and defaults,” and select “Samsung keyboard” To see third-party keyboard extensions, scroll down and tap “Select third-party content to use.”
Here you can enable or disable extensions individually, including bitmoji, mojitok, giphy and tenor, Spotify, Google (Translation and YouTube), and grammatically, touching the buttons to ENABLE or DISABLE. Now, before you can use these third-party extensions, you need to add them to your Samsung keyboard toolbar. To do this, call the keyboard (for example, creating a new document in Samsung Notes), then tap the three-dot button in the upper right corner of the keyboard. Finally, drag and drop the desired extensions onto the toolbar. The latter can accommodate up to 7 extensions and tools at a time.
Manage custom symbols on the Samsung keyboard
As you probably know, the Samsung keyboard allows you to access more symbols through a small pop-up window by tapping and holding the dot button. These symbols, however, can be customized to your liking. That is how.
As before, open the Settings application, access “General Administration,” play “List of keyboards and defaults,” and play “Samsung keyboard” Then, however, select “Custom Symbols”.
Here, you can use the interactive preview window at the top to customize your Samsung keyboard symbols. You can select the symbol you want to remove in the preview window at the top, then tap the symbol you want to add via the keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Here is the process visualized in a screen recording:
NOTE: If you want the custom symbols popup to stay open without having to hold down the screen with your thumb, you can go to “Swipe, tap and comment” Through the “Samsung keyboard” settings screen and touch the button “Keep symbol pane open” lever IN.
Two “hidden” functions of the Samsung keyboard that you may find useful
Finally, here are a couple of tips that can elevate your Samsung keyboard user experience to a new level. The app has a couple of somewhat hidden gestures that can be extremely useful once you add them to your repertoire.
First of all, you can use the space bar to control the cursor. As you may know, swiping left and right on the space bar changes languages (assuming you have more than one). However, tapping, holding, and swiping left or right (and/or up and down) on the space bar changes the position of the cursor on the screen. To use this feature, make sure cursor control is selected in the “Touch and hold the space bar” menu.
Second, here’s a quick tip that can help speed up your writing. You can touch and hold the “change” on your Samsung keyboard to convert recoil within “Erase” on the progress. Here is a quick video that exemplifies both the cursor control and the Shift+Backspace functions:
What are some of your favorite features of the Samsung keyboard? Feel free to leave a comment below.
