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Would be amazing if it weren’t for the insufferable bugs. Apple changed the way their keyboards used special characters and I didn’t like it, so I wanted a new keyboard. I’ve already sold my soul and everything to Google (because I do like google products a great deal) so I decided to get this. But wow. First, if you type too fast for more than about 10 seconds, it starts freezing. The letter pop ups stop disappearing and typing becomes slow until it fixes after about 10 more seconds.. and then does it again immediately. You can only fix this by completely restarting the app you’re typing in. Second is more major: for no reason, seemingly random, it’ll cause no keyboard to pop up when you click a text field. Just nothing. No apple keyboard, nothing. Nothing can fix this short of turning the device completely off and back on, taking a minute or two. After trying to live with these bugs for the last half a year, telling myself “they’ll fix it soon!” I finally gave in and deleted the app. I hate apple keyboard, typing this review on it now just feels horrible, and I’m going to look for another keyboard right after. I think bugs that big going unfixed for that long is inexcusable.

First: needs to allow you to pick a keyboard as primary that isn't American English. As this particular keyboard doesn't interface with certain game chats making a horrific experience. Also, allow for the ability to remove American English keyboard. Second, the auto correct and word suggestions need a complete overhaul. The saving of ridiculous word choice that you may have either accidentally picked or were auto suggested and then become permanent is not only Frustrating but I suspect the leading cause for the declines in literacy in US. The completely irritating way that every since the is auto changed to thee or there or three makes one wonder who in the world programmed this app. Also the changing of to so that it's too. Or becomes out everytime. Be becomes need. Or it will pick some of the wall word never used. It's like every commonly used word is the last word that is suggested. And yes I've tried the fixes suggested on the website to change to no avail. Thirdly, voice to word needs to understand English. You know, the language spoken around the world yet for some reason a person who has no accent can't be understood on this app? I am amazed one of the richest companies in the world puts out a product like this. One expect quality from Google let's fix this and make app that you can be proud of.

So when I found out Google made a keyboard for my iPhone I was so excited because Apple's keyboard is terrible....but now into my 3rd day after installing it and I'm so irritated with it, I'm to the point of uninstalling! As I am trying to type this review, here and now, my cursor just starts freaking out and trying to keep just zooming back to the very beginning of my message and no matter how many times I try to move the cursor back to where it should be, it just keeps trying to rewind to the beginning like it has a crazy, possessed mind of it's own! It also just randomly adds words, deletes words, and it even started typing one text message COMPLETELY BACKWARDS!!!!! (Not to mention the crazy auto correct nonsense going on--I typed "mind" correctly just now only to have it auto "corrected" to "kind", then "I typed" was changed to "ill tempted" and "not to" (as in not to mention) was changed to motto and mention was changed to MEMTION!!! Come on Google, get it together... We know you can do better than this! My messages and texts, instead of being easier and quicker to be able to type and send, are taking me 3x as long because I'm having to fight it to say what I want it to say and do what I'm trying to do!!! It's HORRIBLE! The idea or the concept is great.... IF YOU WOULD JUST FIX THE BUGS!!!!