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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Jan 3, 2024 8:39 AM in response to IVVladimir

So i just got my iphone 14 pro yesterday... it was working OK (other than i recommend getting a MAX now because my fingers are tiny and i still can't type on it) but when i downloaded the facebook app, it totally died. Like, couldn't form a sentence. I was so annoyed! but that was it! I tried troubleshooting a few things like resetting the keyboard, etc. but nothing worked. No hard resets, etc. I had to remove the facebook app (I had plenty of storage, it's not a storage issue).

Jan 4, 2024 3:22 AM in response to IVVladimir

It started on my iPhone 13 after ios 17, now switched to iPhone 15 pro and same issue persist. When switching the keyboard to another language I noticed the lagging increase. Also as the battery percentage goes down the issue gets worse, and below 20% with battery saving on, it’s almost impossible to text fast.

Jan 9, 2024 9:52 AM in response to IVVladimir

I'm on iOS 17.2.1 and using an iPhone SE and it seems like the texting latency is only getting worse. I've given up and have just disabled all of the auto-correct features because they are actively not helpful at this point and degrade the core texting capability so bad that you can't even text? And these "smart" features actively punish proficient, power users who type fast? Like some other user posted, it's even worse if you speak and type in more than one language. I really wonder what auto-correct accuracy rates overall really looks like these days among all users, but for me it gets it wrong more often than it gets it right. So no thanks.

iPhone Keyboard Lag after iOS 17 Update

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