14 DAY TRIAL // It’s not a surprise anymore that Microsoft develops great apps for Apple’s iPhone, but every exclusive product launch that the company makes on iOS is quite painful for Windows Phone users.
And now it appears that Redmond is working on another iPhone-exclusive feature as part of its efforts to bring the Word Flow keyboard on iOS: a one-handed mode that makes typing quite a breeze.
Microsoft has recently announced that it’s bringing WordFlow, its super cool keyboard for Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile, on iOS, but according to a recent report, iPhone users will get an exclusive feature too.
Easy typing on the iPhone 6s Plus
It’s called one-hand mode and allows typing with just one hand to be quite simple, especially on bigger devices such as the iPhone 6s Plus. WordFlow already comes with its very own one-hand mode on Windows 10 Mobile, but as compared to the standard version, iOS users get a curved variant of the keyboard that’s oriented towards the bottom corners of the device.
This way, typing with the thumb is pretty fast, especially on a device that’s as big as the iPhone 6s Plus (although we’re pretty sure that this new feature comes in handy on the iPhone 6s too).
At this point, the feature is still in beta testing, but if development advances at the desired pace, expect it to hit the App Store in the coming months.
The rest of the feature lineup is identical to what you can find on Windows 10 Mobile at the moment, so you also get multi-language support, suggestions, and swipe support, which makes typing even faster. It’s not clear if swiping will be supported in this one-handed mode, though.
Obviously, seeing Microsoft putting so much effort into its iOS apps might be quite disappointing for Windows Phone users, who aren’t getting the same improvements on their devices, so it’ll be interesting to see how the company plans to convince customers to try out its platforms under these conditions.