
Some keyboards don't work at all without full access. Consider a keyboard that pulls in animated GIF files it needs internet access, which requires "full access." Full access also lets a keyboard tap into things like the speaker, so you can hear keys click as you type. You're not done yet: on the previous screen, click the name of your new keyboard to " Allow full access." Why require that extra step? Because, in theory, you may not get full keyboard functionality without it. In the "third-party keyboards" list at the center, click one to add its full functionality. Click that to look at available keyboards. It shows you all the keyboard apps you have installed, plus an " Add New Keyboard" option at the bottom. Then, visit Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. First, go to the Apple App Store and download the app for the keyboard you want. Until then, getting new keyboards on your iPhone (or iPod touch or iPad) is as simple as downloading an app-sort of. And this fall, iOS 13 will add swipe typing. That all changed in 2014 with iOS 8, which finally introduced third-party keyboards. Long ago, Android could thumb its nose at the iPhone for a very basic reason: the default, on-screen keyboard for iOS sucked and could not be changed while Android users were replete with customizable keys that could do much more than get tapped-users could swipe from letter to letter!



