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Install and turn on Flikzi

Android asks you to turn on a new keyboard yourself, for your safety. Setting up Flikzi takes two steps and about a minute. You need Android 7.0 or newer.

1. Install​

Install Flikzi from Google Play, then open it. You'll see the Flikzi settings screen with a card titled Two steps to start.

2. Turn on Flikzi​

  1. On the card, next to Turn on Flikzi, tap Open list. Android opens its list of keyboards.
  2. Turn on the switch next to Flikzi.
  3. Android shows a warning that the keyboard “may be able to collect all the text you type”. It shows this for every keyboard. Tap OK.
  4. Go back to Flikzi.
About that warning

Any keyboard sees what you type, which is why Android warns you. The warning doesn't say whether a keyboard can send your text anywhere. Flikzi doesn't: nothing you type leaves your phone. Read more.

3. Make it your keyboard​

  1. Next to Make it your keyboard, tap Choose.
  2. Pick Flikzi from the list.

The setup card disappears once Flikzi is on and chosen. Tap the test field at the top of the settings screen and try it: type hello, then tap the space bar. You don't have to hit each key exactly.

Permissions come later, and only if you want them​

Setting up Flikzi asks for no permission. Two are optional, and Android asks for each one only when you first use its feature:

  • Microphone, the first time you tap the mic for voice typing.
  • Contacts, if you turn on Contacts' email addresses in Flikzi's settings.

You can refuse both and Flikzi works without them. Permissions and your data

Your first 14 days​

For your first 14 days, every Flikzi Pro feature is on: several languages, the split keyboard, voice typing, the clipboard keys, the clipboard history and text shortcuts. After that Flikzi keeps working with one language, or you can keep Pro for a one-time US$4.99. Settings

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