iPhone Keyboard Lag after iOS 17 Update

Hi!


After the iOS 17 update the keyboard typing experience is very unpleasant. I noticed the autocorrect feature is improved and available in many languages, but the keyboard has a major lag. After a sentence or two, the keys are not popping up, the prediction freezes and the text doesn't show up, even though I'm still typing. Few seconds later all the words I've been typing started to appear very fast and catch up again with my writing. I have already cleared the keyboard cache and restart the phone several times. iOS is up to date (17.0.2).


This is only one thing that's worst, there are many other aspect about the UI, but the keyboard one is the most upsetting.


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iPhone 13 mini

Posted on Sep 29, 2023 4:51 AM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2023 11:41 AM

I'm on iOS 17.1.2 and the issue persists

I've already tried reseting the keyboard dictionary, removing my secondary keyboard and since that didn't work, I even re installed IOS

The only thing that fixes the issue, as other persons have pointed out, is disabling predictive text and autocorrection

For me, autocorrection and predictive text is indispensable, so I installed google keyboard. It looks awful, but the typing experience is so much better

It is sad that a third party keyboard does it better than the apple one

I'm having this issue on an iphone 14 pro max running IOS 17.1.2 and the issue has been present since the first iOS 17 update

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Oct 14, 2023 3:47 PM in response to IVVladimir

I have this issue too, with both English and Vietnamese keyboard enabled. I have tried resetting the dictionary, restarting the phone etc. If someone could look into this, this would be great. There are many bilingual speakers out there who wish to talk to their friends and family and Apple can do better than this.


While typing this message, I have experienced this lag several times already. Once for more than 10 seconds, long enough for me to take a screenshot several times.

Oct 14, 2023 10:24 PM in response to IVVladimir

To say it simply I liked old keyboard in iOS 16 better but your problem I’ve not ‘had’yet’? ( I have updated to iOS 17.0.3 get that )But when you say you restart I ph is it just power off? I solve many problems with this way you may know about it- do this fast, punch in vol up then punch in vol down then hold in power off until you see the apple logo come on then let go wait for I ph prompt swipe up and put in pass code. This may work. If mistake is made just redo it. This hack has solved many of my issues. I do it a few times a day even though no problem is currently bothering me. I also use airplane mode a lot to also refresh ph every day. It’s like I ph hygiene!

Oct 16, 2023 6:08 AM in response to IVVladimir

Got the same problem on 2 different Phones.

My iPhone 13 Pro had this issue right after updating to iOS17. No matter which version, it was there till I sold it.

My new iPhone 15 has the same problem and it really frustrates me.

I paid over 1000€ for my new phone for getting lags like this.


Resetting the keyboard did not help and I’m also just using 1 Keyboard(German).

Oct 26, 2023 6:58 AM in response to dipimar

I’ve gone through the b of 17.1 and it was there. Ran for a few days and then upgrade to 17.1GA and the lag disappeared at some point.


I did reset my keyboard dictionary and tried without dictation enabled but at some point in the last few days the problem was gone.


side note my iCloud account has enhanced security enabled with TFA and hardware keys.


but if were to make a suggestion, let it run a bit and see if your problem subsides.

Nov 18, 2023 6:49 PM in response to IVVladimir

I’ve been having a lot more than lag issues with iPhone 13 max pro and iPhone 12’s keyboard. Typing has become consistently worse in regards to auto correct not correcting words or not accepting the correct spelling of a word, wrong keys being hit repeatedly, its not allowing me to delete a letter or words without hitting backspace 10-15 times, faulty cursor selection and placement,randomly started dropping the cursor places or to the bottom of the page while typing to edit text or like now while trying to scroll thru to edit anywhere I touch it all of a sudden wants to highlight words instead of placing the cursor wants jump to, at times it wont fit words properly onto the page with more than enough space for them to fit leaving huge spaces.


its not the memory or battery and resetting the device doesn’t do anything. I don’t believe its the devices themselves either due to it consistently becoming worse every update and the sheer number of complaint about the issues over a period of time. it seems the problem is with iOS and my screen has also been freezing on both devices with keyboard use beyond lag .


This iPhone 13 max pro is the last apple devices that I will ever purchase for myself or family again. It’s beyond frustrating to the point i’m tempted to smash the **** thing multiple times a day and switching back to an android. It’s pretty bad when you want to smash a phone due to constant frustration with it. There’s no excuse for Apple to have these issues with its iOS other than poor programing and increased lack of care in the quality.

iPhone Keyboard Lag after iOS 17 Update

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