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#324579 30-Apr-2026 17:03

went from Samsung and Windows to iPhone and Mac and suddenly i'm making many times more typos - really unusual ones

i have a feeling Apple is secretly changing my typed words

anyone have this issue?

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#3485830 30-Apr-2026 17:24

Definitely experience (d) on the iPhone with iOS26. Still use iMac and MacBook but don't really experience it on those devices. The poor typing on the iPhone was one of the reasons I am using Android (Nothing Phone) as my primary phone

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#3485834 30-Apr-2026 17:28

Look in System Settings under Keyboard. Click Edit next to Input Sources and see whether things like "Correct spelling automatically" are turned on.

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#3485841 30-Apr-2026 18:27

It wasn't always this bad - used to be excellent, actually - but is now quite bad in iOS 26.

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#3485900 30-Apr-2026 19:46

Behodar:

Look in System Settings under Keyboard. Click Edit next to Input Sources and see whether things like "Correct spelling automatically" are turned on.

i have turned everything off, and it still happens

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#3485902 30-Apr-2026 19:50

Can you be more specific about what apps this happens with

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#3485951 30-Apr-2026 20:04

boosacnoodle:

It wasn't always this bad - used to be excellent, actually - but is now quite bad in iOS 26.

It’s terrible. Like they asked AI to perform obviously nonsensical autocorrects.

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#3485966 30-Apr-2026 22:29

RunningMan:

Can you be more specific about what apps this happens with

specifically everything

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#3485974 1-May-2026 03:28

Batman:

i have a feeling Apple is secretly changing my typed words

anyone have this issue?

Secretly? Afterwards or while you're typing?

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#3485991 1-May-2026 06:39

Yeh I noticed the auto correct has been a tad over excited.

use iPhone, iPad, and across multiple apps including MS office etc.

its like it’s trying to suggest better words to use instead of the closest match to what you spelt wrong…..

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#3486030 1-May-2026 08:50

Are you talking about the autocorrect or the atrocity that is keyboard accuracy? They made a change something like 10 years ago and it’s never gotten better. There was supposedly a update this year for the latest ios but since I don’t have it no idea if it finally fixes it.

Android keyboards, standard or custom, are pixel accurate and is probably one reason i’d switch back.

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#3486046 1-May-2026 09:19

iOS autocorrect is frustrating at times as it is extremely slow - it suddenly changes words when I've already written three or four subsequent words, so I either don't notice or I have to go back quite a way to fix it... then it does the same change again!