Some iPhone users love that tiny vibration you feel when you tap a key on the device and others don’t. Regardless of which side of the coin you are on, you need to know how to enable or disable vibration when typing.
In this guide, we will look at how to enable and disable vibration when typing via haptic feedback on your iPhone.
Contents
- What is Haptic Feedback?
- How to Make Your iPhone Keyboard Vibrate when Typing?
- Enable Keyboard Vibration on iPhone
- How to Disable Vibration When Typing with My iPhone?
- How Do I Change the Color of my iPhone Keyboard?
- Can I Change the Vibration Power on an iPhone?
- How Do I Switch the Keyboard on My iPhone?
- How Do I Enlarge My iPhone Keyboard?
- Conclusion
What is Haptic Feedback?
Haptic feedback is the clicking sound you hear when you press any key on your iPhone’s keyboard. It basically vibrates your iPhone as you type.
Haptics is the touch-based responses your iPhone delivers as you interact with the device screen. For example, you may feel your iPhone vibrate as you tap and hold a visual to open it.
A lot of people love the vibrational effect they receive when typing on their device’s keyboard. But this is mainly an option open majorly for Android users. The iPhone currently does not have a built-in feature to enable it.
So how do you make the keyboard vibrate while typing? Keep reading.
How to Make Your iPhone Keyboard Vibrate when Typing?
A quick walk around to enable keyboard vibration is to replace the default iOS keyboard. You can do this by installing a third-party keyboard. There are a couple of them to choose from but Google’s Gboard keyboard is a great choice due to its excellent reputation and the fact that it offers haptic feedback at no cost.
Enable Keyboard Vibration on iPhone
The most recent iOS version does not support haptic vibration currently for the keyboard. So you would need to use a third-party keyboard. And a good bet is Gboard.
Here’s how to download it.
Go to the Apple Store and download the Gboard iOS app to your iPhone.
Next, open the device Settings and hit General.
Move down and tap Keyboard.
Hit Keyboards.
Next, tap Add a New Keyboard.
Hit Gboard.
Then tap Gboard once more.
Type Allow for Full Access > Allow.
How to Enable Vibration on iPhone via Gboard
Open your Gboard app and hit Keyboard Settings.
Navigate down and hit the button beside Enable Haptic Feedback on the Keypress. Ensure that it turns blue. Also, it should be the only setting not turned on.
Now you should be able to test keyboard vibration. To do so open any application that utilizes the keyboard like Messages or Notes. Then tap and press down the globe icon at your keyboard’s bottom left to pick Gboard. Type anything to feel your iPhone device vibrate as you tap each key.
If you want to change back to the default iOS keyboard you can do so without uninstalling your Gboard app.
Press and hold down the globe icon at the bottom left of the keyboard to choose your language (Country).
How to Disable Vibration When Typing with My iPhone?
To disable the vibration effect on your mobile device, navigate to your phone settings and hit Accessibility then Touch and tap vibration. Ensure that the button changes from blue to grey. This eliminates all vibrations on your device.
Let’s have a look at some frequently asked questions for the iPhone keyboard.
How Do I Change the Color of my iPhone Keyboard?
You have a couple of options if you intend to change your iPhone’s keyboard color. You can change your iPhone to Dark Mode to switch your keyboard to black with white alphabets and letters.
You can do this by navigating to the Control Panel, tapping and holding the brightness indicator, then hitting Dark Mode. Keep in mind though that some Keyboard apps won’t allow you to change the color. However, Gboard does allow this feature.
Can I Change the Vibration Power on an iPhone?
Unfortunately, you cannot change the vibration power on your iPhone. However, you can change the time taken for your iPhone to provide a vibrational response.
Here’s how to do so.
Go to your iPhone settings then tap Accessibility. Next hit Touch then Haptic Touch or 3D Touch. Lastly, pick Fast or Slow.
You can then test touch duration by pressing and holding the image underneath the Fast and Slow settings.
That’s all.
How Do I Switch the Keyboard on My iPhone?
To change or add a keyboard, navigate to Settings > General > Keyboard, hit Add New Keyboard, tap your preferred option to choose a keyboard from the list.
To delete a keyboard, hit Edit, then press the minus sign. To change to another keyboard while you’re typing, press and hold the emoticon face icon or globe (it could be either). Lastly, tap a different keyboard.
How Do I Enlarge My iPhone Keyboard?
Though Apple does not offer an official way to make the keyboard bigger, there are a couple of workarounds.
Enable Display Zoom. To do this, navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness, and then View. Pick Zoomed, then hit Set > Use Zoomed.
Anything on your screen would enlarge, inclusive of your iPhone keyboard. An easier option is to add a third-party keyboard app capable of resizing itself.
Conclusion
That’s a wrap. It’s quite simple to enable or disable vibration on your iPhone keyboard when typing.
Just download a keyboard app like Gboard that supports haptic feedback. Then open the Gboard app and hit Keyboard settings then enable haptic feedback on keypress.
If you want to customize or change your keyboard simply follow the tips in the FAQ section as well.
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