‘Complete garbage’ rage Samsung users over ‘unusable’ text feature – but fans share alternative that’s ‘working wonders’
SAMSUNG users are denouncing the tech giant for its error-prone autocorrect feature.
One netizen deemed the software “complete garbage” in a Reddit post from June 27.
“I haven’t seen a worse auto-correct in my life,” the user proclaimed.
“If anything it makes more mistakes and doesn’t actually fix squat. I feel like it wasn’t even always this bad, but in its current state it’s basically unusable.”
Other users agreed and offered humorous but frustrating anecdotes.
One user claimed the word “tomorrow” was frequently changed to “robotics” – “which causes some interesting and confusing messages if I’m not careful to check before I hit send,” they wrote.
Another said the word “probably” was, strangely, corrected to “portobello.”
Text suggestions on Galaxy devices are powered by predictive text algorithms that can guess a user’s next word using artificial intelligence.
Rather than relying on single-word predictions, the keyboard autocorrect employs contextual analysis to ensure words fit within sentence structure
It learns from users the more they type and the more they rely on the feature for suggestions.
Evidently, this technology is riddled with errors and counteractive to its intended purpose.
Users report they have to spend time fixing suggestions that are meant to streamline productivity.
And customers have complained about the feature for years. A quick search on Reddit alone shows complaints stretching back half a decade.
As one user succinctly put it, “I call it auto-incorrect. A friend of mine calls it auto-corrupt. Both terms are correct.”
Other Redditors proposed alternatives in the latest thread, and one name frequently cropped up: Microsoft SwiftKey.
“SwiftKey working wonders for me,” one user professed.
“Correcting me perfectly all the time. Maybe cuz I’ve had it installed multiple years, it learns my writing ways or so.”
“Samsung’s stock keyboard is garbage,” another user griped before encouraging the original poster to use SwiftKey.
Samsung – a brief history
Here's what you need to know...
- Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
- It’s known locally as a “chaebol”, which means “business conglomerate”
- It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
- But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known in the West today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
- The firm accounts for around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and roughly 17% of the country’s GDP
- More than 270,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
- And in 2023, Samsung Electronics turned over the equivalent of $194 billion in revenue
Microsoft SwiftKey is a keyboard app that is available on both Android and iPhone.
The company claims it “gives you more accurate autocorrect and predictions by learning your writing style.”
In addition to the enhanced accuracy, users can customize their keyboard theme using photos or solid colors.
Samsung users can download the app for free in the Google Play store.