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\n\t\tSome iPhone owners said they have experienced the issue for years (Picture: Getty\/Metro.co.uk)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tSome iPhone owners said they have experienced the issue for years (Picture: Getty\/Metro.co.uk)<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all blamed autocorrect for saying <\/a>\u2019ducking\u2019 rather than a certain other word \u2013 but now we might have a new excuse.<\/p>\n Michi NekoMichi, a YouTuber <\/a>who tests out technology, has discovered a \u2018bug\u2019 with the iPhone<\/a> keyboard that causes the wrong letter to be typed.<\/p>\n \u2018If you\u2019re making more typos<\/a> in iOS lately, you\u2019re not going crazy,\u2019 he said in an X post on Monday.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s a bug in iOS that causes the keyboard to randomly insert the wrong letter instead of what you typed.\u2019<\/p>\n If you’re making more typos in iOS lately, you’re not going crazy \u2013 it’s a bug in iOS that causes the keyboard to randomly insert the wrong letter instead of what you typed. pic.twitter.com\/FqZOFvR4TV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michi (@NekoMichiUBC) October 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The video slowed down to one-quarter of the speed shows Michi typing \u2018thumbs up\u2019 on the Apple<\/a> Notes app, only for \u2018thjmbs up\u2019 to appear.<\/p>\n The clip showed how Michi tapped the \u2018u\u2019 key only for the app to insert \u2018j\u2019 instead on his iPhone, which runs the most current iOS 26 software<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tHave you noticed keyboard issues on you iPhone?<\/p>\n Yes, but I thought it was my typing being off.Check<\/p>\n Yes, and I thought it was a glitch.Check<\/p>\n No, it all seems okay on my end.Check<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tStay up to date with the stories everybody\u2019s talking about by signing up to Metro’s News Updates newsletter.<\/p>\n Michi said the issue is nothing new \u2013 he\u2019s seen it as far back as iOS 16, which was rolled out in 2022, and on iOS 18, which ended last month. <\/p>\n \u2018Previously, I just assumed it was me hitting the wrong keys, though, it wasn\u2019t until I recorded it today and looked in slow motion that I noticed what was happening,\u2019 Michi added.<\/p>\n Followers said they have been struggling with the hiccuping keyboard for \u2018years\u2019, pointing to how the issue has been raised several times on X, Reddit<\/a> and community forums. <\/p>\n I don\u2019t know how to explain this, but the iOS keyboard has gotten considerably worse for some reason.Nothing seems to have changed, but I\u2019ve been having so many typos over the past year.It\u2019s nearly impossible to type a single sentence without a typo.<\/p>\n \u2014 joshua (@MrMidwit) October 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n Ben Hylak said: \u2018I actually thought I was losing my mind.\u2019<\/p>\n Glen Bardley added: \u2018Thank you. I was starting to worry that I had some kind of shaking hands disease that I couldn\u2019t perceive except through horrible typos on my phone<\/a>. This makes me feel much better.\u2019<\/p>\n Some wondered whether the muddled typing was down to autocorrect or the iPhone\u2019s swipe-to-type feature, though Michi clarified he doesn\u2019t use it.<\/p>\n \u2018If I used slide-to-type, iOS would automatically add spaces before the slide-word,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n \u2018But here you can see it doesn\u2019t treat it as a new word and does it in the middle of an existing word.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t One person on the MacRumors forum<\/a> said earlier this year that since switching off autocorrect, they haven\u2019t noticed as many typos. <\/p>\n Though others said that even after toggling the feature off, the keyboard inputted incorrect characters, hinting that the issue lies deep within the iPhone\u2019s software.<\/p>\n \u2018I came from BlackBerry 10 on a red developer edition Z10. I almost never made mistakes on the on screen keyboard,\u2019 a user said.<\/p>\n \u2018I moved to iPhone on the iPhone 6s and have used it ever since.\u2019<\/p>\n On a recent Reddit thread<\/a>, iPhone owners said they have also tried switching screen protectors, typing in different languages and upgrading their phones \u2013 yet the keyboard still bugs out.<\/p>\n \u2018The iPhone typing and autocorrect have been badly broken for years,\u2019 a user added. \u2018It seems to get worse with each release.\u2019<\/p>\n Apple has been contacted for comment. <\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more stories like this, check our news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow \t\t\tComments \t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source \t\t\t\tNews Updates<\/p>\n Stay on top of the headlines with daily email updates.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"BATH,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SEI_270270436-8d8c.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe janky keyboard has been giving iPhone users headaches for years (Picture: Getty Images Europe)<\/p>\n
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