u/monkx-ai

I've been building an Android keyboard for quite a while and recently finished a major update focused on improving the actual typing experience rather than just adding more features.

Here's what changed:

• Typing feels much smoother and more responsive.
• Suggestions appear faster.
• The keyboard now learns from the words you choose.
• It predicts the next word based on your typing history.
• Learned words can be removed with a long press.
• The suggestion bar is cleaner with four better-spaced suggestions.
• Old/stale suggestions are cleared properly.
• Swipe (glide) typing has been added.
• Swipe typing is now much smarter, so short swipes are less likely to produce random incorrect words.

The goal is simple: make the keyboard faster, smarter, cleaner, and more personalized.

Before I continue investing time into new features, I'd really like to understand what Android users actually want.

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

1. Which keyboard do you currently use (Gboard, SwiftKey, Samsung Keyboard, etc.) and why?
2. What's the biggest thing that annoys you about your current keyboard?
3. Is there a feature you've always wished keyboards had?
4. Do you actually use AI features like grammar correction, rewriting, tone changes, translation, summaries, or smart replies? Which ones are genuinely useful, and which ones feel like marketing?
5. How important is privacy and on-device processing to you?
6. If a keyboard genuinely offered a noticeably better typing experience, smarter predictions, reliable swipe typing, useful AI tools, and respected your privacy, would you consider paying for it?
   • One-time purchase?
   • Subscription?
   • Or would you never pay for a keyboard?

I'm not trying to promote my app here or sell anything. I'm genuinely trying to understand what real users care about so I can build something people actually enjoy using.

I appreciate any honest feedback—even if it's critical. Thanks!