Hi,
What's your best Chinese Input Keyboard? Best in terms of user friendly and light enough!

Normally most people would just go for Google Pinyin Input. Easy and straight forward.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...utmethod.pinyin

But I always prefer this one.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...rd.touchpal.oem

This is the Touchpal taken from HTC device. Lightweight no advertisements at all. The keyboard size is large and comfortable to use. I tried so many Chinese Input Keyboard and I always came back to this one.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Apr 10 2017, 11:52 AM

in android, tempory i using google chinese keyboard and google keyboard as default in my xperia..

i can switch to chinese keyboard very quickly by pressing an earth logo.. it's quite similar looks with my xperia keyboard which i quite familliar with.. so i recommend these 2..

Swiftkey, it has all the languages I need, all within one keyboard.

1. Baidu - speach to text is good too
2. Touchpal

Wow...appreciate your responses!
More than agree, Touchpal seems the best for Chinese yet English input, especially the features! But, It Quite Heavy, causes a lot of Slow Factor even hang for seconds! (You Agree?)

Google Chinese Input, fantastic in term of light enough! But, features just not so awesome. It seems only showing suggestion words during TEXTING or FBing... but not Google Search or search bar. Something wrong with my setting?

Which vesion you are using? the HTC version one? Or the regular version one? If you haven't used the HTC version, go try it first. It's definitely better & faster than the regular version. As a matter of fact, I am using it since months ago. it never slow down and it never hanged.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Apr 10 2017, 06:14 PM

not sure which platform Chinese input you asking for but i can be honest to tell you
in microsoft window i just use PRC , in android phone using the default chinese input are more than enough no need to ask which are better blah blah blah

Oh? So HTC's version is different to the downloaded version?

yes. The features are still the same, but faster and smoother.

You uninstall/disable your current touchpal, go here to download the HTC version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...utmethod.pinyin

trust me. it's much better than the other touchpal versions.

Max, just checked! I'm using this version, yup it's fast and stable but the features not as good as touchpal as I've mentioned before. Don't you agree? Like no suggestion words when keying in Google Search...URL...etc

Oh I see. Ya. There's pros and cons for each other. I thought you want the speed, but I guess you are not satisfied with the features. haha.

I think those most popular ones already being mentioned above.

Google Pinyin Input
Touchpal
Swiftkey
Baidu


Just go with the one you feel comfortable with. As for me, I want the speed, fast typing speed. So I choose Touchpal. Features are less important to me.

Haha.
Eh... in fact, what you shared with us, the link was heading to Google Chinese Input woh... not Touchpal... right?

I using chinese keypad input cause it allow to write .... I dunno pinyin ... hahaha

Oh my bad.

Here's the one.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...rd.touchpal.oem

sougo

already used to it

but a lot of crapware

Wah...Only 2.9 as rated, still quite a lot of bad comments woh 😅

Well, I don't trust those reviews in Playstore. Some of them could be just trolling. Since it's free afterall, then no harm to try it. You can uninstall it if you find it isn't suit your need.

Great point!
So fart so good (best) from your usage experience?

Yes. I personally tested all the chinese keyboard apps. And I found out touchpal is the fastest one. When I pressed the button, the alphabet shows up instantly! I tried swiftkey before, it's ok but slower than Touchpal. I also tried Google one, closed enough, but the buttons are too small. So I stick to touchpal.

IMO, there's no "the best keyboard app" in the world. You must try and find the one that suit you.