You can install additional languages in your System Settings under the Time & Language menu (Windows 10) or by using Windows Update (Win 7). You can tap it to shuffle between keyboards or hold it down to select from a list - which method you choose is up to you, though the more keyboards you add, the more efficient the second option will be. Once that’s done, you toggle between your keyboard layouts using the Globe icon in the bottom right of your keyboard screen. A new alphabet like Thai or Cyrillic will appear on the keys, or for a writing system like Chinese you’ll get the usual Latin keyboard but set to type Pinyin and match it to Hanzi ideograms.įirst you’ll need to enable or add the new keyboard(s) in the phone’s General -> Keyboards settings.
The space bar will now show which keyboard / language you’re using you can swipe left or right on that button to switch from one keyboard to the others. Once the extra keyboards are installed and activated, you can quickly toggle between them when typing. In addition to getting the keyboard, you have to “activate” it in your Settings under System -> Languages and Inputs -> Virtual Keyboards. Android allows you to download additional 3rd party keyboards (not just other languages, but also alternate layouts and typing methods).
