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- Apple’s newer iPhones have bigger screen sizes, making them more difficult to use with one hand.
- But there’s a hidden one-handed keyboard mode in the latest version of iOS that could help.
If you’ve been struggling with the bigger iPhone sizes, here’s a trick that could change how you use your phone.
In iOS 11, the latest version of the software for iPhones, there’s a hidden one-handed keyboard mode.
It smushes the keyboard to the right or left side of the screen to make it easier to tap out a message without using your other hand. So, if you’ve been putting off getting a new iPhone because it’s hard to use with one hand, you should check this trick out.
Unfortunately, there’s no one-handed iPad keyboard — but you don’t use an iPad with one hand anyway.
Here’s how it works:
You’re looking for the globe icon near the bottom of the keyboard. Here’s where it is on an iPhone X.
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And here’s where you’ll find the globe on older iPhones.
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You’ll need to long-press on the globe icon. Hold it down, and you’ll pull up this menu. Those keyboard icons on the bottom are what you’re looking for.
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