Android predictive text awful?

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 17:12

Anyone else have problems with the predictive text on Samsung galaxy s6? I find it add like 10 letter words when I type a single letter ie. "a" got changed to "appetite" just recently. I also appetite died appetite died ( won't edit this out as it's an example of what I mean. Suppose to say "added a" ) few shortcuts that only work like 1/5 times ie. Tmoz - Tomorrow.

One of the 2 things I don't like after changing from iPhone. The other being the weather app.

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 17:30

The problem I have seen with the other weather apps is they dont have as good a widget. The stock one shows on lock screen and everything.

Tbh the only problem i have with it is it doesnt stay on the app when you want more info - the wind strength and direction was great for riding my bike to work in iphone. press the day on Samsung and it loads up chrome.

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 17:32

This by no means is to be taken as me prefering iphone. I am made upni got away from it lol.

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 17:34

Also read up that s6 uses Swiftkey anyway just looks different for Samsung.

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 19:59

koooowweeee said:
upni? is that a apple term?

"up i" its suppose to say. something the apple predictive text would have corrected as soon as space was hit. happens to me all the time on my phones thats why i have predictive text and auto correct on but since moving to samsung it has only worked just over half the time.

D1craig · 13 Dec 2015 at 20:00

as of now i am using google keyboard for a week or so to see if i notice the difference.

D1craig · 14 Dec 2015 at 06:32

Rich_L said:
Also don't most predictive keyboards, even the inbuilt OS ones, learn as you go? So it stands to reason that if you change to a new OS/keyboard the predictive accuracy will take a little while to get back up to speed.

I have read this but I am really struggling to see how "added a" can possibly be mistaken for "appetite died appetite died" no matter what sort of errors I made typing I don't think that is close to it. It also changes small words to much larger words like- it at if of a.

D1craig · 14 Dec 2015 at 11:57

Was having similar problems with Google so now on SwiftKey and it seems to be better. Everything I mentioned about the Samsung one seems to not happen on this one. So far so good.

D1craig · 14 Dec 2015 at 16:25

Maybe my grudge is because I have got a big save file next to my texting/typing habits on iPhone but have only gave my Samsung since September.

It does still baffle that mistake in my Op. Just where could it come from.