Texting is one of the easiest ways to stay in touch with friends and family, and if you can't find the right words to use in a text, you can always use an emoji. But you might find some texting features on iPhone to be downright annoying. Some of the biggest culprits include autocorrect and predictive texting.
Autocorrect can cut down on the number of typos when you're typing, and predictive texting can make it easy to write a full message in a few quick taps. But when I use these features, more often than not they're correcting words I don't mean to be corrected or suggesting words I don't want to use. And other folks are equally annoyed by autocorrect and predictive text. Thankfully, you can easily turn these features off in a few quick steps.
Here's how to make texting easier by turning off some of your iPhone's messaging features.
Turn inline predictive text off
Inline predictive text was introduced in iOS 17 and is similar to predictive text, but it places the suggested text in the texting field in light gray. Apple wrote online that inline predictive text is meant to predict what you're going to write as you type, and if you hit space the predicted text would be added to your text. The feature doesn't always accurately predict what you were typing, so if you hit space, you might add the wrong text to your message. The gray text might also be distracting if you're trying to read what you're writing in real time.
If you don't like inline predictive text, here's how to turn the feature off.
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Keyboard.
4. Tap the switch next to Show Predictions Inline.
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