I did use it but over the past months the input recognition got worse and worse so I switched to something completely different: thumbKey https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Funny thing that I discovered it around the same time I switched to lemmy as it is developed by the same guy...

I forgot that swipe to type was even a thing. Trying it now and it seems pretty good.

I use both! Mostly tap, but I use swipe enough that I would miss it if the feature was suddenly missing.

Honestly no

By the time it was added to iPhones I was already entrenched enough in just tapping that I never bothered learning how to swipe type.

I’m a two handed typer though, so I can see the benefit with a single finger typing

I usually just type as I find swiping unreliable.

As a side note, I just got a new phone with advanced haptics. This is the first time typing on a touch screen feels responsive 😯

I find it too hit or miss at the speed i want to swipe at. It usually has a hard time getting the word, so it would just be faster to type it even with all of the mistakes

Honestly, I have never been able to do this. I guess I am terrible at typing.

no I don't. I use a chorded keyboard called pentikeyboard

I tried it once years ago and couldn't get into it, found it kept guessing everything wrong or I was using it wrong, not sure. But just recently I got a smartwatch and heard many people recommending it and on such a small screen, it's incredibly good at what it does. I may try it again on my phone soon as I'm starting to like it.

I still to this day hate touch only phones and wish I had physical keys again. That being said, I use swipe, and it makes things a lot more tolerable.

Swipe to type always confused me, I just tapaway.

I thought it was going to be next level when I first saw it, maybe a decade ago. Tried it, did not like it at all.

This is the first time I try this. This is a lot of fun!

I used to do it when phones had smaller touch screens. Now I type with both thumbs. That is a lot faster than swiping with one finger

As with a few others I only really use it when I’m using the phone one handed. If I’m eating and want to reply. Otherwise two thumbs tapping away is quicker for me.

Depends on the keyboard. I'm currently using Florisboard and swipe is nigh unusable. Lol

There are also no suggestions and no autocorrect (even though i usually have it turned off anyway).

Wait, why am i using this again...?

Edit: i am now trying 8Vim. Oh god. Send help.

I do more often then not and I’m on iOS

It’s really the only way I type on a phone or iPad

Nope

Yep, although I tend to use a combination of typing and swiping. Mostly swiping though. SwiftKey keyboard ftw (Microsoft, I wish I could quit you).

Swiping can be useful if I have fake nails on but largely I just individually tap with my thumbs

It’s usually more accurate for me and requires less energy since I don’t have to lift up my finger much.

Yup, been using Google keyboard pretty reliably for 8 years or so, but still need to use popup options and proofread and make corrections. I find the voice "typing" faster and more accurate now, but don't want to speak to my phone when people are around.

iPhones can do this natively now. I use it sometimes. It really depends on a lot of factors. How long is my message? How many hands are free? Do I feel patient right now?

I have a Z Fold as my phone, so I tend to switch between tapping and swiping depending on if its open or closed. I can only really swipe on the smaller screen, and have to tap on the big one. It made me wonder what others do, because before this I can't remember the last time I tapped for anything other than correcting spelling of tougher words to swipe.

For a long time, maybe since they introduced it until about 2 years ago, and then I feel like they really got the voice to text down, and I mostly use that now

Ever since Swype came out I've been using it. I tried to use swiftkey and gboard when swype stopped updating. But I went back to Swype even if it is deprecated it just feels better to me

I swipe and tap to type. It really depends on what I'm doing. If I'm typing one handed, swiping is really nice and super fast. I'll also swipe to type if my phone is on the table and I'm only typing with one finger. If I'm using both hands, I will generally tap to type.

Edit to add I used SwiftKeys on Android

I feel like I'm much faster swiping.

Anecdotally, around me I'm the only one that swipes. I see a lot of my friends don't swipe, and have even had people ask me about it.

I had to think about this for a bit but I think I do both a bit of swiping and typing with my thumbs. I think swiping is especially useful one handed, imo.

I only type when I forget I can swipe