Last week, Google released Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2. It brings many new features, and among them, there are two accessibility features related to the physical keyboard, sticky keys, and bounce keys (via Mishaal Rahman).
When you enable sticky keys and press a modifier button, such as Alt, Ctrl, and Shift, the feature will keep that modifier button pressed while you are pressing other keys, which will make it easier for you to press multiple keys at once to execute a command or to enter keyboard shortcuts in quick succession.
Bounce keys, on the other hand, will make the OS ignore rapidly repeated keypresses of the same key. This feature is intended to help people with impaired motor skills who might press a key multiple times even if they intend to press it only once.
While Google is offering sticky keys and bounce keys with Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2, these features will most likely make their way to the stable version of the OS with Android 15. So, expect them to arrive on Samsung phones and tablets with One UI 7.0. Mishaal also says that the two features will be soon joined by a third option called slow keys, which will let users specify the duration for which a key needs to be pressed for the OS to register the keystroke.
Sticky keys and bounce keys have been available in Microsoft Windows for a very long time. However, the bounce keys feature is known as Filter Keys in the OS. To enable sticky keys in Windows 11, you have to press the shift key five times, and when a pop-up about the feature appears, click Yes to turn it on. To enable Filter Keys in the OS, you have to go to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard and enable the Filter Keys option.
