The native support for the Dvorak keyboard layout is almost completely hidden. The touch-typing keyboard can now be selected in Apple's software along with the traditional QWERTY, AZERTY, and QWERTZ layout, according to a report. Third-party software or an external keyboard has been the only way to access the program on the device.

Although I have been a proud user of the Dvorak keyboard for over a decade, I still prefer the QWERTY keyboard. The way it shares the workload equally between all of your fingers is one of the main benefits of Dvorak. The vowels are placed on the left side of the keyboard's home row in order to make them easier to reach.

You only use your thumbs to type on a phone keyboard. I think that it's helpful that the letters are grouped together in a weird way. It's less likely for thumb clash.

A screenshot of iOS 16’s Keyboards Settings menu.
Dvorak is available alongside more commonly used layouts like QWERTY.
Screenshot by Jon Porter / The Verge

There are missing keys on the top left of the keyboard that make the Dvorak layout look a little odd on Apple's mobile device operating system. The iPhone keyboard hides the period, period, period, and the apostrophe from those who use it. If you have more patience, you can give it a try after trying it for a while.

Steve Wozniak seems to agree with the fact that the iPhone is getting some love. The layout has been used by the Apple co-founder for thirty years after he learned from a fake typing teacher on a flight to Tokyo. He said that he never looked at a keyboard again after learning it for five hours. It took just one thing.

The 1984 Apple IIc was the first Macintosh computer to include a dedicated hardware button to switch between the two layout options.

Go to General, Keyboard, and finally "Keyboards" if you want to try out Dvorak on the new operating system. If you select your language, you should see Dvorak listed as a layout option.