5 cool things you didn’t know your Samsung phone’s keyboard could do

Android is known for its open ecosystem that allows you to customize your devices in multiple ways, such as installing a new launcher, changing fonts and icon themes, and even using a third-party keyboard. This of course extends to Samsung devices like the Galaxy series. But most manufacturers also include stock solutions with the phone, like the Samsung keyboard. If you own a Samsung device like the Galaxy S26 Ultra and use a third-party keyboard, you may not be familiar with some of the things the company’s native keyboard can do.

First, let’s check which keyboard is active on your device, if you don’t already know. Go to Settings > General management > Keyboard and you will see all the keyboards listed that you have installed on your device. Under the “Default Keyboard” setting, it will list the one that is currently active. You can tap it and switch to the Samsung keyboard if it’s not already active.

Beyond that, you should make sure your Samsung Keyboard app is fully updated. Open the Galaxy Store app from your app drawer, tap the menu button at the bottom right (three horizontal lines) and select Updates. If an update is available, you will see the Samsung keyboard in the list.

Samsung’s software engineers have included some pretty cool features in the Samsung Keyboard, much like the software features only Samsung Galaxy devices have. For example, did you know that there is a gesture shortcut to undo and redo changes when you make a mistake? We’ll see how this works in a moment. In the end, here are some of those cool things you might have had no idea your Samsung phone’s keyboard could do.

Typos are a reality. But it can definitely get frustrating going back and forth, deleting impromptu text, letters, and symbols when you clumsily press the wrong keys. The Samsung keyboard makes it very easy to undo your typos – or, conversely, redo them if you accidentally delete something you wanted to keep. Simply swipe from right to left on the keyboard with two fingers to undo errors. You can also swipe from left to right with two fingers to redo something you undone. This works when the keyboard is open in an application, browser window, or system menu.

This seems like a simple feature that might not have much impact at first. But after hours and hours of typing, making typos, selecting the wrong words and sometimes with the predictive text getting in the way, it can really save you a lot of time. With this quick shortcut, you don’t need to manually delete letters using backspace, you can simply undo entire words. Or, if you delete them with a single click, you can restore them instantly.

Typically, to translate text from your language to another, you open a website or app like Google Translate, write your message or text, choose your languages, click the “Translate” option, then copy and paste the new text into your email app. If you’re working on a long segment, this can be frustrating. But even if it’s just one or two words, that’s a lot of hurdles to jump through, especially when the Samsung keyboard can translate that content for you quickly and efficiently. Here’s how it works.

In any app or window where the keyboard is open, tap More (the three horizontal points) and select Translaterepresented by an icon with two connected boxes and the letter A inside. The Translate option may appear in your shortcut bar at the top if you’ve used it before. Once active, enter your text to translate, tap the language icon on the left to adjust your languages, then hit Enter or Send. The app will place the translated text in the message window so you can send it to your contact or post it.

It may help to enlarge the keyboard window so that it is not as cramped. Fortunately, you can easily change the keyboard size of your Android phone, including the Samsung keyboard.

If you’re busy doing something else when you’re trying to reply to someone, or you just want to automatically type a block of text using your voice, the Samsung keyboard has you covered. Yes, this is possible with other keyboard options, including Gboard, but it’s always good to know if you’re using Samsung’s version.

Open the keyboard, tap the microphone icon and start saying out loud what you want to type for a message, post or text. On the Galaxy S25 Ultra, the microphone icon appears at the very bottom left, at the bottom of the system shortcut bar. Depending on your model, it may appear in other areas, but it should be somewhere on or near the keyboard UI.

If you speak clearly, the system will accurately write down in text form what you say. When you’re done, tap the microphone icon again. The text should be cleaned up by adding punctuation marks like commas and periods. It’s an absolutely fantastic way to leave yourself notes, write down ideas that came to you on the spur of the moment, or respond to people when you can’t stop and type the letters with your fingers.

Password managers and apps like Samsung Pass make it easy to create secure passwords for all your online accounts and services. They also make it easier to quickly pull out these details, rather than searching for a notepad and pen where you could have jotted them all down. What you may not know is that Samsung Pass is also integrated into the Samsung Keyboard, allowing you to easily pull up saved information when you need to log in somewhere. First, make sure you save the relevant account information to Samsung Pass – without it, the feature won’t make any difference.

To take advantage of this integration, tap More (the three horizontal points) and select the Samsung pass icon. You will need to verify your identity with the security measure you have enabled, whether it is a fingerprint, pattern, passcode or PIN. Once done, you will see a submenu where the keyboard is usually located. Here you can choose between saved login information, payment cards, addresses and notes. You will be able to scroll through a list of saved content. You can also add individual entries, such as new maps or addresses, and this option will appear at the bottom of the list of available entries, or at the top if nothing is saved.

The great thing about virtual keyboards with predictive text and next word suggestions is that you can teach them your most used words and phrases so you don’t have to keep typing them. Going further, Samsung’s keyboard has a cool feature that lets you type short chunks of text or abbreviations that then turn into sentences – like typing “email” to see your actual email address appear. You can configure these sentences in Settings > General management > Samsung keyboard settings > Text shortcuts. Tap the plus icon at the top right to add new phrases.

Additionally, you can add unique words or phrases to the predictive text dictionary. If you like to spell a word in a unique way, even sometimes the wrong way, but the suggestion box or autocorrect corrects it, adding the word to the dictionary can give you some relief. To do this, type the word as you want it to appear. In the suggestion strip just above the keyboard letters, you’ll see a few options. Among these will be a check mark – select this to ensure the word stays as is. Press backspace to select the word again, and when it appears in the suggestions, press it. Congratulations, your new word is now saved in the dictionary.

You can also remove words that you don’t want to keep as predictive suggestions. While typing, if a word you don’t want appears in the list, hold it down. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm if you want to delete it – choose ALL RIGHT and you’re done.