Xiaomi Keyboard Tips: How to Enable Auto Supplement, T9, and Word Prediction

The keyboard on Xiaomi smartphones offers many features to speed up typing, but sometimes users face a problem: word prompts suddenly stop working. This can happen after a MIUI update, resetting or accidentally disabling settings. In this article, we will discuss all the ways to enable prompts, from basic settings to hidden system settings.

It's important to understand that auto-complement algorithms depend not only on the Gboard or Mi Keyboard system keyboard, but also on language packs, input history, and even regional settings. If you've recently changed the interface language or installed third-party keyboards (like SwiftKey), this could also affect how prompts work. Next, step-by-step solutions for all scenarios.

1. Check the basic keyboard settings

Start with the obvious: make sure the prompt function is not turned off in the settings. In MIUI 14/15, the path to parameters may differ depending on the firmware version and smartphone model (e.g. Redmi Note 12 vs Xiaomi 13T Pro).

1. Open any application with a field to enter text (such as Messages or Notes).
2. Touch the badge. ⚙️ (gears) on the keyboard to open its settings.
3. Go to Text Input or Text Prediction.
4. Activate the sliders: 🔄 Showing hints (or "predicting words") 🔤 Auto-replacement (if you need to correct typos) 📊 Adaptive input (for personalized prompts)

If these are not, you probably use a third-party keyboard, so go back to the Mi Keyboard system (more on that below), and check if Incognito is disabled in the keyboard settings, which blocks the retention of input history and prompts.

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2. Reset keyboard settings to factory

If the prompts stopped working after updating MIUI or changing language settings, resetting the keyboard will help.This method does not affect other data of the smartphone, but resets the input history and words learned.

Instructions for Mi Keyboard:

Settings → Applications → Application Management → Keyboard → Storage → Clear data

For Gboard:

Settings → System → Language and input → Virtual keyboard → Gboard → Additional → Resetting

After reset, restart your smartphone and re-activate the keyboard settings prompts. If the problem persists, move to the next section.

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If prompts don't work properly after reset (e.g., suggest words in another language), remove unnecessary language packs in the keyboard settings. Leave only those you use.

3. Configure language packages and regional parameters

The hints on Xiaomi's keyboard depend on the language packages installed. If you added a second language (e.g. English) but the main language is Russian, the system may confuse words.

1. Go to Settings → Additional → Language and input → Virtual keyboard.
2. Select your keyboard (Mi Keyboard or Gboard).
3. Open the language section and leave only the necessary ones (for example, Russian (Russia)).
4. Make sure that the right country is selected in the Regional Settings section (for Russia – Russia, for Kazakhstan – KZ, etc.).

If the language you want is not on the list, download it via Add keyboard. For some regions (for example, Ukraine) a VPN may be required, as Xiaomi restricts access to certain language packages.

4. Update of keyboard and system software

An outdated version of the keyboard or MIUI may cause a failure of the prompts.

For Mi Keyboard:

1. Open the Google Play Store.
2. Type in the Mi Keyboard search.
3. If you have an update button, press it.

For Gboard:

Google Play → My Apps → Gboard → Update (if available)

If there are no keyboard updates but the hints don’t work, check out the MIUI version:

Settings → About the phone → System update

Xiaomi smartphones with MIUI 13 and below may not support neural prompts – in this case, only an upgrade to MIUI 14+ will help.

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5. Hidden settings and debugging

If standard methods don't work, try activating hidden parameters.

1. Enable Developer Mode: Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version (click 7 times)
2. Back to Settings → Additionally. → For developers.
3. Find the parameters: 🔧 Do not turn off the screen when charging (for testing) 📱 Include the journal HCI (for the diagnosis of Bluetooth keyboards) 🔄 Resetting keyboard settings (if any)

For advanced users: If the prompts are not working well, check the error log through ADB:

adb logcat | grep -i "keyboard\|input"

This will help to identify system conflicts, for example, with applications like LastPass or Bitwarden that intercept input.

6. Alternative solutions for persistent cases

If none of the methods worked, consider the following options:

• 🔄 Keyboard change: Install Gboard or SwiftKey from Google Play – they are often more stable than the system Mi Keyboard.
• 📱 Resetting all settings (without data loss): Settings → The phone. → Resetting settings → Resetting network/application settings
• 🔧 Hand-mounted APK: If a keyboard update is not available in your area, download the latest version of the Mi Keyboard from apkmirror.com (make sure the source is reliable!).

For POCO models (such as the POCO X5 Pro), you may need to disable MIUI optimization for the keyboard:

Settings → Applications → Application Management → Keyboard → Battery → Without restrictions

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If the prompts only work in some apps (like WhatsApp, but not Telegram), the problem lies in the settings of the particular messenger.

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

Many Xiaomi users make the same mistakes when setting up the prompts.

⚠️ Note: Never turn off Google Play Services through Settings → Apps: This will result in the termination of cloud prompts in Gboard and other keyboards that depend on Google services.

• ❌ Removing keyboard cache without data reset: This won’t solve the problem, as the input history is stored in the data, not in the cache.
• ❌ Use of the VPN When you first start a keyboard: Some regions (e.g. China) block language packs from downloading via the Internet VPN.
• ❌ Disabling Auto-Update for Keyboard: This May Lead to Missing Critical Fixes for Tips.

Also avoid installing “mods” for Mi Keyboard from unverified sources – they often break the text prediction work and may contain malicious code.

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