HTC default keyboard app is now showing people ads [Updated]

16 July 2017
Edit: HTC has reached out with a statement. | Would you like some hotel recommendations with that emoji?

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  • Anonymous
  • dQk
  • 19 Jul 2017

Who cares?

People wants ads. They love ad's. That's why they keep buying phones that deliver them.

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    • Anonymous
    • PEN
    • 18 Jul 2017

    this proved HTC phone is a mess and want to capturing every profit form user, just like the cheap build and ddr3 ram used in u11.

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      • Anonymous
      • D7S
      • 18 Jul 2017

      Samsung has been putting ads in my S4's IR LED control app for almost a year now. Zero respect for their customers

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        • "Digging own grave"
        • v}Q
        • 17 Jul 2017

        HTC used to be a respectable and innovative smartphone manufacturer.. well that was the past. Not expecting any turnaround any sooner, seriously. :)

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          • AnonD-625786
          • nYS
          • 17 Jul 2017

          This is why phone manufacturers should go with the best keyboard out there - Gboard ;)

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            • KW
            • v3F
            • 17 Jul 2017

            fer, 17 Jul 2017for those who are facing this problem, to remove the annoyi... moreSuper hero. You save my day.

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              • fer
              • RJh
              • 17 Jul 2017

              for those who are facing this problem, to remove the annoying ads, go to touchpal's general settings, scroll down towards the end and untick the "keyboard recommend".

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                • Anonymous
                • 3uW
                • 17 Jul 2017

                Ads? Trivago.

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                  • Kress
                  • pmf
                  • 17 Jul 2017

                  Yep, error. Meaning testing new feature on potential customers. In the next system update ads will be everywhere :-) HTC - Hoping Trick Customers

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                    • Vinod S
                    • D0e
                    • 17 Jul 2017

                    Ya, the same problem I'm facing in my HTC desire 10 pro..so I have installed "FIRE PHOENIX" keyboard

                      Lucky in Huawei they never do that. well Huawei is one of the biggest company in Smartphone. ^^

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                        • mhF
                        • 17 Jul 2017

                        My Samsung S7 also came with a pre-installed 3rd party keyboard which wants me to agree to steal my entered data and send it to some company. Same kind of bloatware, just no ads.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • yAk
                          • 17 Jul 2017

                          There is a ad free version of this keyboard 😁 just search for it on google and enjoy

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                            • AnonD-491921
                            • utk
                            • 17 Jul 2017

                            Anonymous, 16 Jul 2017Why are you people attacking HTC? They didn't put ad's on t... moreHTC is to blame.Touchpal paid HTC to put their bloatware on the HTC phones.They should have gone with slash or GBoard for their keyboard.
                            I love their music app though.Best of all manufacturer app

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                              • utk
                              • 17 Jul 2017

                              galaxyS7, 17 Jul 2017since you are saying there is no restrictions in iphone, ju... moreYou can use bittransmission(only in jailbroken iPhones)
                              It is a limitation of non jailbroken IOS.They compress background apps(to keep them in RAM) so much so that the background apps cannot do anything but stay in RAM hence they(non system apps) cannot download or do basically anything.
                              Im using a moto Z so Im all good.

                                Anonymous, 17 Jul 2017iOS is not as limited as how you emphasised it. Fact: you c... moresince you are saying there is no restrictions in iphone, just tell us how can we download movies using utorrent?. i sold my iphone SE in just two days because of these kind of rules. i was suffocating those two days. came back to mate 9 everything normal here.

                                  Anonymous, 17 Jul 2017You are experience from old versions and that is Xperia key... morecorrection my brother.. you are using an android smart phone..

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                                    • Alien
                                    • ndn
                                    • 17 Jul 2017

                                    Rafe Firmani, 17 Jul 2017Hater's Guide to the HTC : “squeezing the headphone jack o... moreCardboard like quality build. This is the no 1 reason for staying away. Hell, I've seen China phones with better quality build.
                                    Cough cough U Ultra cough..

                                      Speeding, 17 Jul 2017Help This Company...Hater's Guide to the HTC :
                                      “squeezing the headphone jack out of the phone"
                                      "HTC - Help This Company" 
                                      “Boring design and big bezels"
                                      “Poor use of space" 
                                      “No headphone jack no buy" 

                                      What did I miss?

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • IWQ
                                        • 17 Jul 2017

                                        And why would Google pay HTC for Gboard when HTC is not paying Google for Android, which probably save the company from extinction.