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GBoard replacement? (pawb.social)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by VinesNFluff@pawb.social to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Title.

I'm not sure I'm ready to go all "lineageOS full degoogle" on my phone because some rather necessary day-to-day apps for me will freak out if I have root, let alone a modified OS. Buuuut GBoard has gotten right in my tit, and now they're offering nightmarish AI generated emoji and I'm like "NO". So.

I don't really care about predictive text or swipe-typing or any of that stuff, I mostly just type normally.

The only nice-to-haves that might entice me would be support for one-handed mode and a configurable keyboard layout.

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[–] NaibofTabr 67 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yes, HeliBoard is an excellent, open source keyboard app.

[–] noorbeast@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This...plus you can ad swipe support.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

and voice with futo

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds promising enough, will take a look.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 11 months ago

In case you didn't see coment responses, adding swipe and FUTO Voice are great additions.

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Another vote for HeliBoard, I've been using it for months and it's great and under active development.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

This is great. I am trying heliboard right now and it works well. Thanks!