Keyboard to reply messages

I know that Venu 3 har a keyboard to reply to messages (if you have an Android Phone. Does someone who has bought a Fenix 8 know if there is a keyboard onboard to reply to messages. Or do you only have to choose from preinstalled replies or maybe Voice replies

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Syss123se 8 months ago +4

I come from a Venu and there is no possibility to open a keyboard on the fenix 8 to reply to messages, as it is on the Venu. There are only the handful of standard replies. I deeply miss that keyboard…
1783662 8 months ago +4

I think, this is high time that we really went to the bottom of this: This shouldn't be taken as if I didn't like the product or anything like that, I love this watch. Yet, I will ask a genuine question…
Steffen 8 months ago +2

It would be great to have the keyboard to reply messages!

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0 GeorgeMakrypoulias 4 months ago

can you please point me how it is enabled? - I test my messenger and Whats Up and I dont see any keyboard option to reply (I did both WiFi & BT updates) - I am using IOS18

0 LyuboV 4 months ago in reply to GeorgeMakrypoulias

I tried with both Android and iOS and on Android when I get a notification from WhatsApp, Viber, Telegra, etc. I can select Reply and then at the bottom there is Keyboard where I can type in the message, but there is no auto correct or qwerty keyboard for me. (I updated to v13.13, but I can't seem to be able to download both via Wifi and Bluetooth the extra file that they mention in the beta download page)

0 LyuboV 4 months ago

PS: I got it to work (to have qwerty and auto correct). I was always trying first via Wifi and then via Bluetooth, or only via Bluetooth, or only via Wifi, and in those cases it never downloaded the extra file. But trying update via Bluetooth (got message no new updates), and then via Wifi it downloaded the extra file, and now there is the QWERTY with auto correct.

0 SPENSTBERG 4 months ago in reply to LyuboV

I only have T9 if I use my language that is Swedish. But if I change language in the Watch to English I get qwerty and auto correct.

0 SPENSTBERG 4 months ago in reply to SPENSTBERG

"When you get a notification go to reply, keyboard and then hold down the "up" key until the menu appears to choose the type of keyboard."

0 KrapfenKringel 4 months ago in reply to SPENSTBERG

There is no T9 in swedish.

0 SPENSTBERG 4 months ago in reply to KrapfenKringel

I have T9 but not the Swedish letters å ä ö

0 KrapfenKringel 4 months ago in reply to SPENSTBERG

Then it's a bug as the T9 dictionary is only available in English.

0 Epix Gen 2 Happy 2 months ago

I found out that QWERTY keyboard and not T9 is on the English setting. its nice, but the Fenix 8 47mm screen is to small, T9 works like a charm and is better for small screen input and its faster that qwerty because of finger precision challenges

I would prefer to have T9 in an English setting. Can't Garmin just make this happen with a configuration instead of having to change language to Swedish. I prefer English than Swedish when it comes to IT stuff.....

Please make T9 an option in English too. I dont care about dictionary and autocorrect (save memory!). I dont write novels on it, just quick answers!

/IT nerd since MS-DOS

0 6011745 2 months ago in reply to Epix Gen 2 Happy

You can change the keyboard layout while in reply mode when the keyboard is visible. Simply hold the settings button, and you'll have the option to set the 'grid' layout. This is a significant UX issue, as the configuration is not available in the common watch settings, where I believe most users (myself included) would expect to find it.