微信输入‪法‬ 4+

This is one of the best apps from tencent. Actually it’s much better than those CURRY flavored apps.
Apps from Google collect much more private data than this one.

Overall a good product that I cannot use.
I am already used to the default virtual keyboard layout of the iPadOS. The tencent keyboard use a different virtual keyboard layout!!! This means I need to learn the layout again, which is unfortunately a steep cost for a new user. Please change the keyboard layout to something people are already familiar with.

This app is surely an original design and experience from the WeChat Group. However, a few glitches were found while using the app.

1. WeChat Keyboard is non-searchable on App Store. “微信键盘” is only providing searching keywords in Simplified Chinese, and there is no official English name used. So, I’ll go with this name from now on.
2. WeChat Keyboard registered its button clicking tone as a media. Even if I’m NOT on mute, if the user turned down the system volume, WeChat Keyboard will go mute, too.
3. WeChat Keyboard took up one precious keyboard space for switching between Chinese and English. This is STUPID, especially when the comma (,) is a high-frequency used key.

Nevertheless, “Pinxie Plus” (拼写 Plus) is an excellent tool for my contacts and me to chat on WeChat and to share movies, TVs and music.