I'm surprised by the people here who think this is some way unique to Apple. I'm 99% sure Gboard on Android does the same thing. It seems to be implemented differently and to be a bit more responsive to learning my behavior over time, but I've highly suspected it's been there for years. And I'm surprised no one has noticed this until now?

I'd have tried to work out more detailed behavior but I'm poor enough at swiping (at least with Gboard) that there's little point in trying to pin it down that well, at least for me.

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umvi a day ago | parent | next [-]

I was able to swipe type "United Ireland" just fine on my Pixel.

	▲	exmadscientist a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's obviously not an identical implementation, just the same sort of thing. It seems to be more of a we-won't-suggest-these-but-we'll-learn-them-from-you style.
	▲	illiac786 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Works on my iPhone too.

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ram1500natrluvr a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you easily swap out the functionality for something else on iOS and iPadOS like you can on Android?

	▲	tefkah 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You can, but there are extremely few options, afaik the only real one being Microsoft’s SwiftKey, or GBoard. Both are way worse than their android counterparts however
	▲	rationalist 21 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I haven't owned an Apple device in over a decade, but I believe Apple finally decided loosen the shackles a little bit and started allowing it maybe two years ago?

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globular-toast a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I use FUTO keyboard and it won't predict naughty words either.