Deadline: end of WWDC 2026. The exact dates haven't been announced yet and this timer is based on the estimated schedule (June 9–13). I'll update it when Apple confirms the dates. They have until the conference ends.
The iOS keyboard has been broken since at least iOS 17 and it's somehow only gotten worse. iOS 26 has been my breaking point. Autocorrect is nearly useless and often hostile, that part I'm used to. But now the correctly tapped letters aren't even registering correctly. This isn't just me.
My Keyboard Grievances Autocorrect fails to correct minor mistakes
Autocorrect "correcting" a mistake with another mistake
Autocorrect "correcting" correctly typed words
Swipe to type is painfully behind Gboard (third-party keyboards are universally under-supported and inferior to Android equivalents)
"Select All" is often hidden away
Selecting text in general is a pain
Keyboard seems to run out of steam after hitting an arbitrary word count in apps like Notes or iMessage and takes forever to register taps
Key taps register incorrectly: clearly tapping one letter but a different letter is entered (hot spots poorly calibrated), or a correctly tapped letter (keyboard highlight confirms it) but an incorrect letter is rendered
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