Switch or Enable the Accessibility Service

Typing Hero shows a banner when its accessibility service is off. The banner tells you which case you're in.

After an update: Switch

Version 9 added a new accessibility service. If you used an earlier version, your phone still runs the old accessibility service, listed as Typing Hero (retiring soon). The banner shows Switch.

A Typing Hero update on 1 December 2026 removes the old service. Switch before then to keep using Keywords.

Until you switch:

• Undo with Backspace stays on.
• Show Templates for full Keywords, Show Quick Access in the notification drawer, and Detect Keywords after Replacement are unavailable.
• Quick Access is unavailable.
• On Android 17 and later, Contact Placeholders don't work.
• Template Suggestions appear only when Show Suggestions while typing is on.
• In fields where replacement may be unreliable, Offer Copy leaves the Keyword as typed.

1. Open Typing Hero.
2. In the banner, tap Switch.
3. If Android shows a list of accessibility services, tap Typing Hero.
4. Turn on Use Typing Hero.
5. When Android asks, tap Allow.

These Android labels may vary by phone.

Typing Hero turns off the old service for you, and the banner disappears.

When the service is off: Enable

The banner shows Enable when setup is done but the service is off. A new install guides you through setup instead.

1. Open Typing Hero.
2. In the banner, tap Enable.
3. If Android shows a list of accessibility services, tap Typing Hero.
4. Turn on Use Typing Hero.
5. When Android asks, tap Allow.

These Android labels may vary by phone.

When Advanced Protection is on

Advanced Protection is an Android security setting. While it's on, Typing Hero's accessibility service stays off, so Typing Hero can't detect Keywords, add text you copy to Clipboard, or run Actions. Your Text Snippets and Settings stay as they are.

On Android 17 and later, Advanced Protection lets only accessibility tools, such as screen readers, use an accessibility service, so Android blocks Typing Hero's. Android 16 doesn't block it, but Typing Hero turns its service off anyway, because Advanced Protection is meant to limit which apps can see and control your screen. If you turn Typing Hero's service back on, it turns itself off again.

The service stays off after Advanced Protection ends. To use it again:

1. Turn off Advanced Protection in Android's settings.
2. Follow the steps in When the service is off.

If the banner keeps coming back, see Typing Hero Stops Working or Asks to Enable Its Service.