How To Enable Predictive Text On Iphone

You can turn on predictive text on your iPhone in the Keyboard section of the Settings app, or from the keyboard itself.
When you turn on predictive text on your iPhone, it will make typing suggestions above the keyboard as you enter text.
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With predictive text, your iPhone can make guesses about the words you are typing and suggest how to complete sentences.

In addition, it can suggest the next word you might want to type as well, based on your past typing and websites you've visited in Safari. Using predictive text, it's possible to write short messages with minimal typing — or even no typing at all.

When predictive text is on, you'll see three suggested words above the keyboard. As you type, if you see the word you intended, just tap to enter it into your message or document.

Predictive text is on by default, but easy to disable if you find it annoying or distracting. And you can turn it back on with just a couple of taps.

Here's how to do it.

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How turn on predictive text on an iPhone

1. Start the Settings app.

2. Tap "Keyboard."

3. On the Keyboards page, turn "Predictive" on or off by swiping the button. It's on when the button is swiped to the right and off when it's to the left.

You'll find the predictive text settings along with all the other keyboard controls in the Settings app.

You can also turn predictive text on or off from the keyboard itself.

When the keyboard is on screen, tap and hold the keyboard shortcut in the lower left corner (it's either an emoji or a globe icon). Then tap "Keyboard Settings…" and turn "Predictive" on or off.

You can open the predictive text controls quickly from the keyboard itself.

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