My phones operating system (android) doesn’t offer any japanese key board so I was wondering what one should I download sorry if this question is commonly asked
Well we don’t know what phone or OS you have… Just download and try whatever is available.
It would help to say what phone you have
Use gboard. I like it a lot
In your settings, do you not have a section for language / keyboards? I use Android and all I do on a new phone is go in and enable Japanese keyboard and it downloads the appropriate language packs.
I have an android. You can download a japanese keyboard in settings. Under languages. Super easy.
Unfortunately, there’s no up-to-date Japanese IME that’s ad-free, doesn’t send data to a company, and works without paying. The only ones I know all have flaws:
* Mozc (the app Google’s Japanese IME was based on) is basically abandoned in favor of Gboard
* Swiftkey also phones home
* Simeji has ads
* ATOK is behind a subscription
* Sony’s POBox that some Sony phones have, but the latest versions I’ve seen floating around date to 2021, and I don’t know if it phones home
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Well we don’t know what phone or OS you have… Just download and try whatever is available.
It would help to say what phone you have
Use gboard. I like it a lot
In your settings, do you not have a section for language / keyboards? I use Android and all I do on a new phone is go in and enable Japanese keyboard and it downloads the appropriate language packs.
I have an android. You can download a japanese keyboard in settings. Under languages. Super easy.
Unfortunately, there’s no up-to-date Japanese IME that’s ad-free, doesn’t send data to a company, and works without paying. The only ones I know all have flaws:
* Mozc (the app Google’s Japanese IME was based on) is basically abandoned in favor of Gboard
* Swiftkey also phones home
* Simeji has ads
* ATOK is behind a subscription
* Sony’s POBox that some Sony phones have, but the latest versions I’ve seen floating around date to 2021, and I don’t know if it phones home
Edit: added Swiftkey.