It is one of the messaging apps that cannot be missing on any phone to stay in touch with family, friends and people at work. WhatsApp is a tool with which you can do almost everything, among its functions you can chat via text, video, as well as other things.
By default, the application uses the system keyboard, which Gboard uses in most cases, although this will depend a lot on the brand of the phone. Samsung for example uses its own, Huawei opts for Swiftkey from Microsoft, as well as other recognized prefer to choose to install another.
We are going to show you how to change whatsapp keyboard, the one that usually comes on your device for another that can adapt to you and not you to it. Given the great variety, it is best to specify that there are several of the best, so choosing one is up to you and its included features.
Is there a better one than Gboard?
Currently there are several that overshadow the popular Google keyboard, Gboard It has more competition and one at its height, for example, is Swifkey. The many internal options of this keyboard makes it, according to many, above the application of the Mountain View company.
Switkey is joined by another interesting one such as Fleksy, Typewise Keyboard or Chrooma, among others available in the Google Play Store. If they are up to the task or not, it will depend on what use you are going to give it. in the WhatsApp application, which is finally the app you want to change the keyboard to.
A keyboard usually comes by default, although once you install one it will tell you if you want to open this by default always and not having to ask every two times three. WhatsApp uses the native keyboard, so it will depend on the one you install to start using it and take advantage of the messaging tool.
First step, choose the keyboard
The first step to get started is to choose a keyboard from the Play Store, remember that we have mentioned several, but to those we add many other accessible ones. If you use one by default, look for another as a great alternative, for example if you have Gboard, you can try Swiftkey, acquired by Microsoft.
Swiftkey is one of the most reliable, it must be said that it is very complete and if you try it, you can surely stay with it, as long as you feel comfortable. Internal options are similar to Google, but to that you have to add other internal options that are worth it.
Swiftkey score is 4,2 out of 5 stars, has more than 1.000 million downloads and Huawei decided to install this same to their phones. In the last update on April 4, many things were corrected and some new features were added to the application.
Change keyboard on your phone
The keyboard change will be effected in the Android system, on the other hand, affecting the applications that you usually use, including the browser and other default apps. The changes are made through “System”, within the settings of each of the mobile devices.
Within "System" the user can make a lot of changes, including for example changing the Android keyboard, which usually shows you the name once you open it. That is why you should check if it is not the same keyboard that you have downloaded, so that you have a different keyboard.
To change the keyboard on Android, do the following on your phone:
- Open the “Settings” of the phone and access the “System” option
- Inside “System” you will see the option that says “Languages and text input”, click on it
- Once inside, click on “Keyboard”
- Now it will show you the available keyboards, if you have installed Swiftkey, you will see it inside next to the one you have by default
- Click on “Manage keyboard” and choose the new keyboard
- Activate the new keyboard and confirm that it is the one you are going to use by default
- And ready
Now when you go to WhatsApp, write to any of your contacts to see that you are using the chosen keyboard, to do this once you slide you will see an option with points in the form of a keyboard, click on it. This will open the option and you will be able to see if the previous one or the one that comes by default on the phone is selected.
How to change the keyboard in iOS
If instead you use iOS, the change of keyboard in WhatsApp it will be very similar, although it will change some things to put a new application. iOS has a lot of keyboards, when choosing a new application you will have to decide on one or the other, there are many available just like Android.
The first thing is to have installed a keyboard on your phone with iOS system, the five best Apple software keyboards are the following: Swiftkey (also available on iOS), iKeyboard – Cool Keyboard Theme, Gboard (Google keyboard is available too), Hanx Writer and Fleksy, the first, third and fifth are on Android too.
To change the keyboard in iOS, do the following on your phone:
- Access the “Settings” of your device and then access the “General” option
- In iOS the options are more visible, so you will see everything divided by blocks and not by options as it happens in Android
- Click on “Keyboard” which will be in the fourth option
- You will see many options, search and locate the “Keyboards” option
- A window will appear with the available keyboards, remember to have installed one of the five mentioned, if you have done so it will appear in the list that will open
- Click on the keyboard that you want to activate and now you will go to the configuration section
- And ready
Open WhatsApp again and start a conversation, you will see that the keyboard change has been made, and you can start using the one you have activated. The iOS keyboard can be changed as many times as you want by accessing the options Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards.