Who says that continued texting doesn't pay off A new study by Aalto University, University of Cambridge and ETH Zurich shows that today people are typing on smartphones almost as fast as they are Typing on a computer keyboard is as fast. Researchers conducted an online typing test on more than 37,000 volunteers to assess their speed, errors, and other related factors on mobile devices. As a result, people who type with two thumbs can type 38 words per minute, which is only 25% slower than typing.

　　Researchers said in a press release last week that our fingers may fly faster in the future: as people use physical keyboards less and less, the gap between the typing speed on the keyboard and the phone may narrow. At the same time, study participants reported that they spend about 6 hours a day on their phones on average. A person is typing on the phone at a speed of 85 words per minute. "Such a lot of experience has been transferred to the development of typing skills, which also explains why young people spend more time on social media and communicate with others to get faster speeds," said a researcher at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Research co-author Anna Feit said in a press release.

　　The best prediction is-wait a minute-whether you're typing with two thumbs or with one finger (does anyone still do it now) Researchers have found that using auto-correction can also improve your phone's typing speed, However, manually selecting the word reminder function does not work. Age is also a factor, which is not surprising: people between the ages of 10 and 19 are 10 words per minute faster than those in their 40s. Antti Oulasvirta, a professor at Aalto University, said at the press conference: "We see that the younger generation, who has been using touch screen devices, may be longer and different in type The differences between the older generations are amazing. "