When it comes to phone keyboards, the last half a decade has made a huge push to moving to completely on-screen keyboards, removing the limitations set by pesky things like physical matter and physics.

Unlike the keyboard on a conventional laptop, these touchscreen keyboards can change depending on your needs, your tastes, and even some unique methods for input that can add some innovation in an otherwise pretty static input method. With that said, it's no wonder when looking for Keyboard in the Android Play Store, you'll regularly see Keyboard apps, even ridiculous ones, with millions if not tens of millions of downloads.

So, how do you decide which are the best Android keyboards for you to even take the time to download and try? Well, I've scoured the Android store and the web and without further ado, here's what I found. First up, Google Keyboard.

Okay, with over a hundred million downloads, there's gotta be something to it, right? If we're being honest, there is. If you're looking for a fast, responsive keyboard that's minimalistic and just good for typing with no bells and whistles, then this is the one you should try. It's free, it comes from Google themselves, and has that huge user base I previously mentioned, so it'll stay up to date more than most.

Oh, and did I mention it's fast, and it's free? Next up is Swype. Swype is the original keyboard to have the ability to swype your fingers along the keys to input text, which is my preferred method when I'm using one hand. The thing is that most other keyboards have different layouts.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- When it comes to phone keyboards,the last half a decadehas made a huge pushto moving to completelyon-screen keyboards,removing the limitationsset by pesky thingslike physical matter and physics.Unlike the keyboard ona conventional laptop,these touchscreen keyboards can changedepending on your needs, your tastes,and even some unique methods for inputthat can add someinnovation in an otherwisea pretty static input method.With that said, it's nowonder that when lookingfor Keyboard in the Android Play Store,you'll regularly see Keyboard apps,even ridiculous ones, with millionsif not tens of millions of downloads.So, how do you decide which are the bestAndroid keyboards for you to even takethe time to download and try?Well, I've scoured theAndroid store and the weband without further ado,here's what I found.First up, Google Keyboard.Okay, with over a hundredmillion downloads,there's gotta be something to it, right?If we're being honest, there is.If you're looking for afast, responsive keyboardthat's minimalistic andis just good for typingwith no bells and whistles, then thisis the one you should try.It's free, it comesfrom Google themselves,and has that huge user baseI previously mentioned,so it'll stay up to date more than most.Oh, and did I mentionit's fast, and it's free.Next up is Swype.Swype is the originalkeyboard to have the abilityto swype your fingers alongthe keys to input text,which is my preferred methodwhen I'm using one hand.The thing is that most otherkeyboards have \"borrowed\"this feature and put itinto their own keyboards,including the Google Keyboardthat I just showed you.So, you'd think Swype doesn'thave much going for it now.But you'd be wrong.It's still one of the fastestat using the swipe motionfor text, as you'd expect from the OG.The key layout is convenientand it's one of the fewkeyboards with voice-to-textdone by Dragon Diction,which arguably is one ofthe best voice-to-textsystems out there right now for consumers.On top of that, it's also only 99 cents,but has a free trial soyou can see if it's evenworth that dollar to you.One of the most popularkeyboards on Android,SwiftKey, used to actuallybe above the Google Keyboardin terms of totalinstalls, and even thoughit's lost that top position,it's still loved by millions.It's actually very similarto Swype in a lot of ways,but it's real claim tofame and why it's user baseis so loyal, is the \"fluency\" engine,a fancy name basically forit's text prediction system.Regardless of the fancyname, many people swear by itand it's ability to know howyou compose your sentencesand what words are more likelyto be coming up next, etc.It does this, actually,by watching for patternsas you type and by connectingto your social networksto analyze how you type on there.You don't have to enablethe social networks,but for the engine toreally kind of do its thing,it's recommended.Fleksy.Every since I did thevideo on how to easilysend GIFs on your iPhone,I've been obsessedwith annoying my friends using GIFs.It's a ton of fun, especially 'cause it'sa relatively new concept, and most peopleare pleasantly confused when they geta looping animation of a cat and Shaqjust wiggling together!It did get me wondering though,is there a keyboard on Androidthat could easily send GIFs as well?Turns out one of themost popular keyboardsfor Android added the ability to easilysend GIFs from their keyboard.Did they watch my video?Fleksy, known for it'sclever gesture systemto help you type faster, which is enoughfor you to download itby itself and try it,also added GIFs, sonow you HAVE to try it!Go Keyboard.One word--Themes.If you're the type of person who lovesto theme things on your device,whether it's Frozen's Elsa,or the New York Giants,whatever tickles your fancy,then this is the keyboard for you.You can install it and then simply searchthe Play Store for Go Keyboard theme,and you'll be presented with tons of them.Some of which even haveover a million installson their own.See the ridiculous goldone I mentioned before.On top of the themes,everything is customizable,from the layout to thebackground, the fonts,and even the sounds.As for the actual textinput, it's actuallypretty smooth, and evenhas that swipe input methodbuilt in as well.It's also free in the Play Store but someof the themes mightcost you a buck or two.Bitmoji.Now technically on Androidthis isn't a keyboard,but it is on LS.It's free, and after an initial setupof creating your own likeness one time,it replicates you in a bunch of posesand themed images to sendas if they were emoji.If you're curious about the entire processyou can head to my \"Howto turn yourself intoan emoji video\" by clicking belowand see for yourself.There you go guys, tell me in the commentsif there's one that you usethat you absolutely love that I missed.Hope you enjoyed thatvideo, and if you did,please thumbs up it or share it.It's greatly appreciated.And if you haven't yet,click the link belowto add to my blog TheUnlockr.comwhere I talk about the latest happeningsin the tech world and have other tutorialsthat just didn't make it here to YouTube.Also connect with me on social networks@dCogen or @TheUnlockr.As always, thanks for watching.\n"