How Can I Save New Words For Predictive Text On Galaxy S9 And Galaxy S9 Plus?

The latest Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus has just released and as like the previous models the phone comes with a convenient predictive text feature. If you aren’t already, then you will be wanting to take advantage of this feature with your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus. You can actually take notes on whatever you are writing and improve them quickly through the predictive text feature.

You may not be aware that there is a way you can add your own words to the dictionary in a couple of quick and easy ways.

Adding New Words to Predictive Text

Start by going to the home screen on your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 plus
You will then need to open the message app
Go to the new message icon and begin typing your text message
Next, enter the words that you want to be added to the predictive text feature
If the word isn’t in the dictionary for predictive text, you will see a check mark on the left of the suggestion bar
Then tap the spacebar to accept the change
The new word is now included in your dictionary for autofill and suggestions

Other Keyboard Settings

Start by going to the Home Screen
Navigate to the settings menu
Select General Management
Find Language and Input inside the settings menu
Select Samsung keyboard as the default input method
Note that if you use a different keyboard app like Gboard, these instructions may differ
Under Keyboards select On-screen keyboard
Then tap Samsung Keyboard
Tap Smart Typing
You’ll see toggles for Predictive text, Spell check, Capitalization and Punctuation
From here you can add text shortcuts to use on the keyboard