The 140-character limit in text messages and Twitter has led the internet world to use abbreviations for most commonly used phrases. Common words like ASAP and LOL are okay, but sometimes I have to look up Urban Dictionary to find out what acronyms mean. Yesterday, I received a direct message from my Twitter friends using YMMV which I had to Google just to find out that it means Your mileage may vary. Only then did I realize how confusing it was for my parents to understand my text messages with all those Net Lingos I used.
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However, these acronyms help us to text faster and save a lot of time. iPhone users have a great feature that automatically expands these jargons in real time as you type depending on what you have stored in the iOS settings. And now, thanks to an app on the Play Store, Android users can also get the same feature to make typing faster and still make sense.
How to Get Text Expander on Android for Faster Typing
The name of the app is Texpand – Text Expander and once installed you will have to give it permission to see other apps and draw on them to replace the necessary text. Once all permissions are granted to Texpand and services are enabled, it’s time to add some commonly used phrases.
Click + in the bottom right to add a new phrase. In the first text box, type the phrase you want to replace, and in the next box, enter the expanded text. At the bottom of the screen, you’ll have several options that you can configure, such as automatically replacing text and whether you want to expand the phrase when it appears in the middle of a word. Here the auto extender must be enabled if you want to save time.
Now you can open any application and try out Texpand. The entered phrase is automatically replaced with the full text as soon as you press the spacebar button. You also get an undo button if you want to use this lingo just this once.
Well, that’s pretty basic stuff, and it’s something you get on iOS as well. But on Android, the app takes things to a whole new level by including dynamic text replacement. For example, you could just write ‘tdate’ and it will automatically be replaced with today’s date. To accomplish this, add a new phrase to Texpand and this time tap the option to show dynamic values.
Advanced feature: Dynamic phrases
You can select dynamic text such as day, day, month, year, and even text copied to the clipboard. This feature can be very useful when entering formal emails and messages. You can mix and match these dynamic values with a keyboard shortcut to get a variety of outputs.
Texpand works with all Android apps and keyboards, including physical ones that you connect via Bluetooth. This application allows you to exclude certain applications such as Twitter that you do not want to expand the terms that you use. This extra feature makes Texpand useful for everyone. There are quite a few additional settings that you can also check.
In the free version you have a defined limit of 10 phrases to expand, this limit can be done unlimitedly after you purchase the pro version for $2.49 for developer support develop.
Conclusion
Texpand – Text Expander is a pretty useful app for all Android users. Things like backing up app data to SD card, automatically adding space after expansion, and excluding apps you don’t want to have text expand on are some of the top features that make this app better much more than other Android apps. If you think about it, iOS has a thing or two to learn from this app. So give it a try and let us know if you find this app useful.
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