iPhone Keyboard Lag after iOS 17 Update

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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 6, 2023 7:15 AM in response to _Lucs

I just wanted to let you know that in my case disabling the secondary keyboards seems to solve the issue. I was using two keyboard languages, italian and english, (I'm italian but sometimes I use the english keyboard if I need to type long english senteces). Disabling the english keyboard seems to have fixed the problem. I know it's not an acceptable solution, but it may be a temporary workaround until this bug gets definitely fixed.

Dec 6, 2023 1:29 PM in response to IVVladimir

Here are two things I did that actually worked for me (which are just band-aid workarounds nonetheless):


Reset the keyboard dictionary


If you have deep customization then maybe skip this suggestion and try the next one below.


  1. Open the Settings app on your iOS device.
  2. Navigate to General and select Reset.
  3. Tap on Reset Keyboard Dictionary.
  4. You may be prompted to enter your device passcode for confirmation. Enter it, and then tap on Reset Dictionary.


Disable predictive keyboard


  1. Launch Settings from the Home screen on your iPhone.
  2. Scroll down and select General.
  3. Tap on Keyboard.
  4. Locate the Predictive toggle and switch it to OFF.


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iPhone Keyboard Lag after iOS 17 Update

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