Research found that predictive text is unlikely to improve typing performance for the average user and may be slowing them down ...

Predictive text, or suggestions, differs from autocorrect, which fixes spelling mistakes after typing a word. You can turn off your keyboard's corrections if you don't want to use the feature.

It would be interesting to study long-term predictive text use and look at users’ strategies to verify that our assumptions from the model hold in practice. But our simulation reinforces the findings ...

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 ...

If inline predictive text is turned on, your next text will suggest an automatic word. It does sound convenient, but in reality, it isn't very pleasant for iOS 17.

To use predictive text, go to your keyboard settings and make sure the predictive text setting is enabled. Next, write your own predictive text life story by starting with "I was born," then ...

A study published in 2016 found predictive text wasn't associated with any overall improvement in typing speed. But this study only had 17 participants – and all used the same type of mobile device.

Predictive text algorithms, which use what we have typed in the past to suggest the next words in a sentence as we write, already feature on most smartphones.

But you might find some texting features on iPhone to be downright annoying. Some of the biggest culprits include autocorrect and predictive texting.