Comment by MobiusHorizons
17 days ago
At least for editing text on the iPhone the key to moving the cursor is holding down the space bar: the keyboard transforms into a trackpad for cursor placement. This doesn’t really help for selecting text though, but it makes typing longer responses much more bearable.
I use Gboard (Google's keyboard) on iPhone and the space bar trackpad feature works way better than on native keyboard.
If Google ever discontinues the keyboard for iPhone I think I'll go back to dumb phones.
Does it send all your keystrokes to google though? That’s how most free keyboards work on android afaik so I’m wondering
Yes, it does. For passwords or any other field an app defines as sensitive, Apple keyboard takes over and you can't change from it, but other than that you share every keystroke with Google. Your only option is disabling location.
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