How to customize Samsung Keyboard on your Galaxy phone or tablet

Samsung phonesand tablets provide numerous ways toimprove your keyboard. The settings menu is loaded with style and layout options, including theme changing, size and transparency controls, and font size adjustments.

These features only graze the surface of customization. The Good Lock app and its diverse module collection bring the additional capability of adding colors, animations, and touch sound effects. Here’s how to apply these amazing settings to your Samsung Keyboard.

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How to customize Samsung Keyboard using settings

On your Samsung phone or tablet, go toSettings>General Management>Samsung Keyboard settings.You’ll find customization sub-menus for your keyboard in theStyle and layoutsection.

Make Samsung Keyboard your default input method first. Otherwise, you may’t get there. If you haven’t done that, go toGeneral Management>Keyboard list and default>Default keyboard.

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A quicker method to access the keyboard settings is from the keyboard. Agear iconabove it takes you to the Samsung Keyboard menu.

Here’s what each sub-menu contains:

Selecting Samsung Keyboard option in the General management menu

How to customize Samsung Keyboard with Keys Cafe

While Samsung’s keyboard settings are fairly robust, they pale compared to those available on the Keys Cafe app. Keys Cafe styles your keyboard with colors, effects, and touch sounds. You can also make your own keyboard from scratch. You determine the width and height of each button and arrange them without limitations.

When you save a creation, it replaces your Samsung Keyboard’s layout, and you may reset it anytime. Before, you had to download it as a module within the Good Lock app. Now, you can install it independently.

Samsung Keyboard menu

Good Lock and all associated modules are available in select countries. You may be unable to install or use it if your region isn’t supported. Third-party app stores offer the app and its modules, but they don’t always work, and you risk exposing your device to malware.

To install Keys Cafe, open theGalaxy Storeapp and search for it. Then, tap theInstallbutton beside it. If you don’t see the app in the search results, it isn’t available for your device. If you Google search for it, it appears, but you’ll receive an error message saying that it’s not supported in your location. If the installation is successful, launch the app to begin keyboard customization.

Selecting settings gear icon on Samsung Keyboard

Make your own keyboard with Keys Cafe

This option is the first one you’ll see when you launch Keys Cafe. It allows you to edit your keyboard without restrictions in the following ways:

Style your own keyboard

It’s the second option in Keys Cafe that deals with your keyboard’s aesthetic. you could choose from the provided themes or create a custom one with animation and colors. You must install the Theme Park module to access these features.

A Samsung Keyboard overhaul isn’t where it ends

Samsung Keyboard has an untold amount of customization, especially when paired with Keys Cafe. Yet some people look for more abilities beyond a pretty layout when choosing a keyboard. Features such as accurate predictions or live grammar checks are among the top factors on the list.

More importantly, you may want a keyboard that isn’t confined to Samsung devices. In that case, choose one of the numerousAndroid keyboard apps for effortless typing.

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