How to turn off keyboard vibration on Xiaomi

Many Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphone owners experience intrusive tactile response when typing.This phenomenon, known as keyboard vibration, can be annoying in quiet places like a library or meeting, and significantly consume battery power. Standard settings for the MIUI shell or the new HyperOS often hide the right switches in non-obvious places, forcing users to look for a solution in the depth of the menu.

Compounding the problem, depending on the version of the operating system and the type of keyboard installed (Gboard, Sogou or standard MIUI), the paths to the desired settings may differ. Sometimes users confuse the system vibration of the interface with the response of the keyboard, which leads to improper configuration of the device. In this article, we will discuss in detail all possible ways to eliminate the hum, including hidden menus and system settings.

Turning off the tactile response is not only a matter of comfort, but also a way to extend the battery life of your Xiaomi. The mechanical vibrator consumes energy every time you touch the screen, and thousands of such touches are dialled in a day. Competent setting will allow you to save the battery and make using your smartphone more enjoyable and quiet.

System vibration settings in MIUI and HyperOS

The first step before you go into the keyboard settings is to check the system's tactile response parameters. The MIUI and HyperOS shells have global settings that can overlap the individual settings of applications. If the enhanced vibration is on, even when the keyboard buzz is off, the weak response can persist.

To access these settings, you'll need to go to the Settings menu of the main partition of the system, and you'll need to find the item related to sound and tactile sensations. In newer versions of firmware, this section is often called Sound and Vibration, and this is where the main switch is responsible for the tactile response of the system as a whole.

Notice the touch vibration parameter, which will make the interface "dead" in terms of tactileity, but guaranteed to remove any hum. However, if you want to leave the vibration on calls or notifications, but remove it when printing, this method will be too radical, in which case you better leave the system vibration on and go to fine-tuning the specific input application.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling system vibration in audio settings may affect other applications that use tactile response to confirm actions, such as banking applications or games.

• 📱 Go to your smartphone settings.
• 🔊 Select the Sound and Vibration section.
• ✋ Find the Vibration Switch when touching and try to change its state.
• 🔍 Check if the response has disappeared when typing in any messenger.

Turning off vibration in Gboard (Google Keyboard)

Most modern Xiaomi smartphones have Google’s Gboard keyboard installed by default or after the update, a powerful tool that has its own tactile response settings independent of the system, and if you use this app, you need to look for settings inside the app, not in the phone’s menu.

To get into the settings menu, open any application that requires text input to make the keyboard appear. On the toolbar above the letters, find the gear icon or the four-square icon that opens up additional options. In the menu that opens, select Settings, then go to the Settings section (sometimes duplicated in the submenu).

Inside the settings section, look for Preference or Settings, and you'll have the Vibration switch on the keystroke, and you'll have the slider that's responsible for the intensity or the response, and you'll move it to the left, you'll completely shut down the mechanical response of the keyboard, and you can set the vibration duration if you don't want to shut it down completely, but you want to make it less noticeable.

It's worth noting that when you update the Gboard app, the settings can reset or move. If you don't find a slider in the specified location, search inside the keyboard settings menu. Type the word "vibration" or "haptic" and the system will highlight the desired section, which is especially true for users who use English interface localization.

Remove the buzz on the Sogou keyboard for Xiaomi

Sogou's keyboard is often pre-installed on Xiaomi smartphones designed for the global market, and many users don't even know they're typing on a standard Google solution. Sogou's interface is vastly different from Gboard, and the settings are hidden deeper here. If you can't find the items described above, chances are you have this input engine active.

To start, you need to call the keyboard control menu, usually by long pressing the comma or through a special icon in the upper row of the keyboard. In the menu that opens, you need to select the gear icon (Settings), then you want to see the Sound & Vibration section or the similar item in the Russian version.

Inside this section, you'll find a Key Press Vibration slider. Move it to Off, you'll get rid of the intrusive hum. Sogou has a lot of themes, some of which may have their own vibration settings that ignore the general settings, so if turning off the basic settings didn't work, try changing the theme to a standard one or checking the settings of a specific active theme.

⚠️ Warning: Sogou keyboard is known for aggressive data collection and advertising. If you don't need its specific features, consider removing this app altogether and installing a clean Gboard.

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where after updating the firmware HyperOS Sogou settings reset and vibration returns, in which case it makes sense to use the function of resetting the keyboard settings to factory, and then again disable all sound and tactile effects, this is guaranteed to remove any software bugs associated with saving parameters.

Using third-party applications to control vibration

If standard methods fail or sliders are locked in settings (which happens on some carriers or corporate firmware versions), third-party utilities come to the rescue. Tactile response management applications allow you to reassign system commands and force vibration to be turned off at the driver level or through special accessibility permissions.

One popular solution is to use vibration management applications like Vibration Manager or Play Market analogs. Once you install the app, you will need to give it advanced access rights. Often this is done through the Accessibility menu in the basic Android settings. Once you activate the plugin, you get full control over the intensity and duration of the vibration for each application separately.

The advantage of these programs is that you can create profiles, for example, you can set up automatic keyboard vibrations at night or when you're in certain geolocations (office, movie), which eliminates the need to go into settings and change settings manually every time, but it's worth remembering that installing unnecessary applications can consume CPU resources.

• 📥 Download a reliable vibration control app from Google Play.
• 🔐 Provide the necessary permissions in the Special Opportunities section.
• ⚙️ Create a profile of "Silence" or "Keyboard" with zero vibration.
• 📅 Set up automatic profile inclusion on schedule.

Resetting keyboard settings and eliminating bugs

In rare cases, the problem with non-switch vibration can be caused by a software failure in the cache or corrupted configuration files of the keyboard application. If the sliders do not work or the settings are not saved, the solution is a complete reset of the input application, which will return the keyboard to factory state, removing all temporary files and erroneous settings.

To do this, go to Settings on your smartphone, then to the Applications -> All Apps. Find your keyboard (Gboard, Sogou, or Xiaomi Keyboard) on the list. Click on it and select Memory or Storage. Here you are interested in two buttons: Clear cache and Clear everything (or Reset).

Once you reset, the keyboard will look like the first time you turn on your phone, you'll have to re-choose the language, agree to the terms of use, and most importantly, turn off the vibration again. This method helps in 95% of cases where the software glitch interferes with the normal operation of the tactile response. Remember to also check for updates for the keyboard application itself in the Play Market store, as developers often fix such errors in patches.

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Before resetting your keyboard settings, make sure you remember your passwords or have access to recover them, as rare words saved in the dictionary can be deleted.

Impact of Design Themes and Third-Party Launchers

Remember, vibrations can be influenced by the design themes set by MIUI Themes. Some designers include their own vibration profiles in their themes, which take precedence over system settings. If you recently changed the theme and then the vibration came or came back, that's probably the problem.

To test this theory, switch to a standard theme, "Classic" or "No Theme." If the vibration is gone, then the conflict is caused by a third-party design, in which case you either have to abandon the beautiful but "buzz" theme, or look for a modified version of it, from which the audio profiles are cut, and third-party launchers that replace the desktop can also influence if they have their own tactile response settings.

It is important to distinguish between the vibration of the keyboard itself and the vibration of the launcher interface. If the background buzzes around the keyboard or navigation button, you should look for settings in the settings of the installed launcher (for example, Nova Launcher or Microsoft Launcher), not in the Android settings. Each launcher has its own path: usually this is the launcher settings -> General -> Vibration.

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Design themes and launchers can override system vibration settings, so always check the active visual style of the interface when looking for the cause of the problem.