iPhone keyboard lagging after iOS 18 Update

Issues still happening iOS 18.1… stickers are also still not working. Any response from Apple?

So the changing to dvoark and back to qwerty didn’t change anything for me. There’s massive delays texting.

Fresh after the update of iOS 18.2 on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, everything felt smooth. A few hours later everything is back as before. Again everything is very slow and sluggish.

Overheating is also back this time for me on my 15PM. Have you noticed it on yours?

I'm playing a game that any other phone can run smoothly but my iPhone reacts like it's the most intensive task on the planet🙃

Also while browsing on Safari or using the camera for more than 2 mins

... like all the weird typos & other things the phone happily accepted and now keeps bugging me? Well, guess there's not much to be lost.

The same issue happened to me on my iPhone 14. I updated to iOS 18.2.1, and the keyboard is also lagging. I’ve tried all the solutions available on the internet.

I read that the update added the Dvorak layout so after removing all but the original keyboard, English US, I opened that keyboard and chose Dvorak. It worked! I went back and selected QWERTY and now the keyboard is back to normal. Hope this helps.

I’ve had 18.1 since it came out and it’s been a horrible sloppy mess. I use notes for everything I do and it’s crazy how slow the typing experience has been. It’s just as slow on my iPad mini 5 and that’s a significantly slower than my iPhone 12. I was convinced I’m gonna have to get a newer phone but seeing everyone with newer phones having the same problem this is CLEARLY apples fault. I should have stayed on iOS 17 🤦

So I just disabled predictive text and it seems to be a lot better. Probably 90% better. I’m not sure what predictive text does anyways because I always misspell everything I type and it’s auto correcting just fine here.

I have finally figured out the problem, and this works for me. I have disabled the keyboard haptic feedback and the sound. After doing that, the lag has disappeared. The lag was coming due to the haptics not being able to keep up with my typing speed, which is the sad reality. I have an iPhone 15 plus

Wow I think the show math results was the main culprit. Hopefully. Because it made a big difference. Although I’ve been missing predictive text the last couple weeks I just turned it back on and there definitely is a bit of a lag but not as bad with math prediction enabled.

I just updated to iOS 18.2 and I dunno everything feels much better. In fact I turned auto correct back on and predictive text and it feels about the same as before.

the biggest surprise was how my iPad mini 5 felt after the update. That tends to be my test bench before I update my iPhone 12. I do a lot of studying and note taking on the mini with split screen. And I like having the notes app opened while I jot down some notes along the way. And it doesn’t lag so hard like it did before. Here’s hoping this is a sign things are getting better.

For me with an iPhone 12, since 18.2 the keyboard is gotta be 95% better,

but I just wanted to share what my current settings are, so that maybe other people can maybe replicate what I’m experiencing?

i got two dictionaries downloaded, the Apple dictionary and the new Oxford English

Auto capitalization, auto correction, predictive text, check spelling, smart grammar punctuation, character preview and the “.” Shortcut enabled. Everything else in that list Is disabled.

auto dictation is on below that. And emoji stickers enabled.

and so far I will say compared to how things felt before, it’s significantly less lagy. The lag before like was 3-5 letters behind for me. Right now it feels like maybe 1-2 at the most.

Oh thank you so much!!!!! Yea this resolved the issue for me!!!

at least one issue is sorted and the other issues where autocorrection is back.. lol

thanks for the advice! Yes had to disable both autocorrection and predictive txt