Why Apple Autocorrects 'omw' to 'On my way!'
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2024
- If you’ve tried letting someone know that you’re on your way with a quick omw text on an iPhone, you were probably surprised to see the abbreviation autocorrect to ‘on my way’ with an explanation point. This is caused a lot of frustration. Since people who typically abbreviate their messages don’t want to sound that enthusiastic about something so mundane. Plus, other text abbreviations like lol or smh don’t autocorrect to ‘laughing out loud’ or ‘shaking my head.’
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have u though!!!????
@@Username-vb9ifhi
@@Notusiaheyy! On my way!
The airpods pro 2 don't come with stickers 😢
On my way!
I like that Apple is so confusing that there's a whole channel explaining their decisions
Estoy triste porque ni siquiera tengo una sub 😢😢😢
LMAOOOOOOO
@@looooooooooooooooooooooooo9971buddy! You have 500+, this is also irrelevant
@@looooooooooooooooooooooooo9971 ok
@@looooooooooooooooooooooooo9971 llorar más fuerte
The horses are galloping at rapid and exquist speed, perhaps I shall arrive shortly.
underrated comment
this op
The horses are galloping at precarious speeds… perhaps I may arrive soon
Yes
The horses are galloping at precarious speed! i perhaps shall arrive soon.
i think it's funny to leave it there so my texts correct to something like "ill be On my way! in 10 min"
im On my way! to yell at apple for this
😂
On my way! bruh.
omw to turn it off
apple does NOT need to be doing this i am NOT that excited 💀
Laughing out loud!
Pretty sure it came out in iOS 5 but I see your point..
Rolling On The Floor
I Know Right!
Imagine if a friend prank you with those types of texts.
Laughing my ass off!
When I say omw it autocorrects to:
Verily, I am upon my journey forthwith, making haste towards my destination with all due diligence and resolve.
Ah, the eternal saga of autocorrect woes! I as well try to convey "omw," however as such it transmogrifies into a verbose declaration of my imminent journey, adorned with grandiosity and antiquated charm. Same tale of linguistic mischief here! Foretold by the ancient autocorrect scrolls…
Omg that sounds good job you have a bit more to me than I thought you would have been a good one for a bit more to do with you knowing that I don't know how I can find a new theme for the house
@@theunderratedvloger2529are you okay
On my way! I’m in a a bit of pain and I am so not worried but I’m just going in the sun for a a while now and I will be able and all to the sun.
@@theunderratedvloger2529 oil up
I like how universally, the UA-cam algorithm has just happened to showcase this video to us because since this morning, it was at a couple ten thousand, and now it's at 120k views.
Fr
Fr
lmaoo now its at 148k 11 hrs later
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*... how, universally, the... If you're gonna put a comma after "universally," you need one before it too. These are called bracketing commas. It's illegal to write one without the other.
changed mine to: Hark! As the rooster's call heralds the morn, I set forth upon the ancient trodden path, where shadows dance with the whispers of ages past, my soul bound to the distant horizon's embrace.
Hark!
Hark! As the rooster's call heralds the morn, I set forth upon the ancient trodden path, where shadows dance with the whispers of ages past, my soul bound to the distant horizon's embrace.
always wondered why my weed dealer was so enthusiastic....
oohhhh!
WAIT WHAT?!
@@maxsanby9974
Wait, wdym? ... Oh, his curisity, yeah I guess it would be a bit odd to care about something like that, I feel youre exaderated response is a bit out of place though
On my way!
Kyosuke
@@dr_mafarioyt4313dude what are you babbling on about i want to r/wooosh you but at this point its just sad
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! bro wtf apple 😭
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way!
omw
omów
On my way!
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! Ima
cant believe this dude forgot this, im gonna send "smh"
"Due to your unbelievable actions, I am deeply ashamed and disappointed of you, leading me to shake my head vigorously."
Cool yoki pfp
Shaking My Head!
So much hate?
@@fandroid6491 its a joke
@@fandroid6491 huh
this is a joke i didnt even intend any sense of hate into this wtf
Thanks, that actually helps a lot. I genuinely just planned on leaving that and fighting it since I thought it was just a weird autocorrection thing.
Got the same thing here in french, when you type "jrv", it autocorrects to "J’arrive !"
@@marckenson305 who got bro so mad like chill out💀
@marckenson305 bro chill
Apple dsign???
@@marckenson305we don’t give a duck
@@marckenson305what is bro getting so pressed about
My phone auto correct it to The horses are galloping at precarious speeds perhaps i may arrive soon
Bros using the iPhone napoleon pro max
dip dip dip dip dip
@@techguy6241 hahahaha love this reference
The horses are galloping at precarious speeds perhaps i may arrive soon
On my way!
On My Way is the achievement you get in Geometry Dash when you beat back on track on practice mode, it gives you a cool blueish color
it's a cool feature ngl, i use it as a kind of permanent clipboard
I play Minecraft and I work with command blocks frequently. Text replacement is a godsend, because I don't have to remember those long and precise commands.
this is real, i will type “build_house” and it will type out a real long string that will build me a house
SAME. I’ve made `{place` expand to `{“minecraft:can_place_on”:{“blocks”:[“”]}}`, (for items with JSON parameters) `//vision` expand to `/effect @p night_vision 99999 1 true`, (for night vision) and `.traw` expand to `/tellraw @a {“rawtext”:[{“text”:””}]}` (for the tellraw command)
You're playing on Mac? That's cool how macOS is giving you an advantage in programming command blocks over Windows. Not that it wouldn't be easy to create a similar solution for Windows users.
@@SonicXRage I play on MCPE, but yeah. It's interesting that Minecraft players on Apple devices have an advantage over their Microsoft counterparts, because of this one little feature.
@@SonicXRage That isn't just on iphone. That feature exists on almost all devices that you can type messages and stuff.
also no one has advantage over anything in this case. I think microsoft has Block Bench and Its own VSC extension to make minecraft modding/datapack easier. which is also available on mac
Nah the most annoying one is atm correcting to at the moment.
Like I wanna talk about cash from an atm, or if I’m genuinely talking about at the moment atm just reads quicker
that’s not a default. You might want to check your Text Replacement settings and remove that, because that means that either somebody added it to your phone or you added it a long time ago & forgot, because that is not a default text replacement like omw is 💀💀
@@nutella_wewerehere Yes. That's what I use atm for too.
I taking money out of the at the moment machine haha
That doesn’t happen to me
I just make it autocorrect to Automic Teller Machine
ive knew this for a long time this is also the feature people use for one trend, “the cops are watching us” then it autocorrects to “no we arent”
Last I checked you can also add words or phrases without an abbreviation, so when you start typing it you will get the option to autocomplete. I think it’s helpful for unusual names or jargon that usually get autocorrected to something else.
we gettin to the real basics with this one
Honestly, I didnt even know about this, and this video made me go to my phone settings and remove the omw text replacement lol, so it was actually very helpful
eh i actually was intrigued by this, i removed the autocorrect long ago but never thought about why it was a default in the first place
Estoy triste porque ni siquiera tengo una sub 😢😢😢
@@looooooooooooooooooooooooo9971 Entonces hace contenido que la gente le guste en vez de estar en los comentarios haciendote el penoso.
Once again, another mystery solved. Thanks Greg.
Found this out a few years ago, but glad to see your take on it.
I knew exactly what this video was going to talk about and I still watched it
I genuinely do not understand how people keep their autocorrect on, I turned it off and never looked back, it's annoying as heck to have to go back and fight with my phone to not correct something 😭
exactly! and sometimes i want to keep my own misspellings because they’re funny or are intended in the context 😭😭
@@mcsy98 This.
I’ve replaced my omw to say the following: “The horses are galloping at precarious speeds… perhaps I may arrive soon”
LAUGHING MY ASS OFF
LAUGHING OUT LOUD
Due to your unbelivable, obnoxious actions, i am very, very disapointed in your behavior as i shake my head because of pure disapointement (if u guessed, it was ''smh'')
this dude is stretching for ducking content at this point
Ikr
and yet you still clicked, watched and even commented 💀
@@chnacee pretty sure he was making an autocorrect joke lmao
helpful video though, some of us just wanna type a ducking word!
@@chnaceehe was making a ducking joke
I just realized it’s ‘omw', because in my region, everyone uses ‘otw’ (on the way) instead.
this was so strange for me cuz i remember setting omw to 'On my way!' MANUALLY because i had a crush back then and i wanted to sound enthusiastic about meeting her, but then im so confused now cuz its happening to everyone
my keyboard is in Portuguese and it corrects "fds" to "fim de semana" (which means "weekend"), and it's frustrating because "fds" is used as an abbreviation of a swear word in Portuguese and it gets autocorrected to weekend.
and no, i didn't get it first try
🇧🇷 Tenha um bom f*da-se!
The funny thing is that this feature is present for other dictionaries as well, and I found it relatively quickly after switching to iPhone. The abbreviation is not used in my native language but the two letters are commonly used in longer words, so it's easy to stumble upon this feature when typing slowly. It's for a similar phrase as well, and only for that one. I always wondered why this one in particular, especially since the phrase is not that popular to begin with. But it served it's purpose, I learned about the feature quickly, but anyway, never added own abbreviations
Bro unintentionally just made the best tutorial ever
the On my way! text replacement makes me and my friends giggle so hard we love it
Thanks man, this actually helped me lol. I was thinking about this the other day😂
😳 This is probably the most useful Apple Explained video yet. I didn’t know I could delete that stupid auto-correct, and I just solved a problem I’ve hated for years!
My charriot is moving at a speedy momentum, perhaps I will be arriving at the castle shortly. Eat that apple
I personally love this feature and I’ve got a huge list in there for all my text replacement so I can I out the jumble of letters and have it come out looking professional still and actually readable. Wish more used this feature because about 80% of the time I’m looking up what smh or others like it stand for.
smh my head
@@ictogon I just had to look up smh again
I use text replacement feature to express irregular verbs in the preterite in Spanish. For example, if the word conducí is typed, apple can sometimes autocrrect it to conduje. The former is commonly misinterpreted as the yo form in the preterite, but it is actually the voseo form in the present tense. The main purpose of text replacement on apple devices is to autocorrect mistyped Spanish verb conjugations.
THANK YOU! This showed up in my recommended and I didn’t know this was something that could be turned off
I am presently embarked upon an odyssey, traversing the labyrinthine byways of existence, surmounting innumerable obstacles, and navigating the vast and ineffable expanse of space-time with an indomitable resolve, all with the singular and unwavering determination of reaching the exact and specified coordinates you have meticulously designated!
This is why I use Google's Gboard. Not only is the swipe function 100x better, but you can customize the font of the letters and background of the keyboard.
the emoji kitchen is mankind's greatest creation
@@turtle945 Apple's or Google's?
@@DavidKen878 Isnt it a gboard thing
@@turtle945 It is
I have over 200+ text replacement words on my iPhone
Do you use them all? 😆
@@TheLegendryZelda Yes I do.
@@itsokayrozaywhat’s your favorite/most useful replacement? I’m looking to add a few myself lol.
I once used this feature to pass my coding exam. We all knew what we need to learn for this exam but this was just too much and I didn't want to remember everything, but luckily I could write the code on my mac during the exam. So I just binded the whole code we needed to learn to some shortcut like "qrtw" or something like that, and then just typed that when the teacher wasn't looking. After few simple tweaks everything worked just fine :))
I think it is fixed, instead of it saying “On my way” it says “I am deeply concerned, dear, that you have a disease. May god bless you my dear.”
Suggestion: why keyboard clicks suddenly become loud
i found out why, if the video ends while the keyboard is open it does that, no idea why.
that actually worked- wow- but there’s times where the keyboard is like- WAY WAY LOUDER
I use a lot of text replacement because I hate abbreviations.
Samee
We should make a video or article about text replacements for abbreviations like "lol" or "afk", so that we can ensure a good future of English. @rachelsenglish 👀
i sure do love it when i type something and my device starts fighting with me to change it to something else, very helpful
the exclamation point does it for me. like if it just said on my way it would be one thing but the exclamation point makes me wanna say ‘nvm i actually have to cringe in bed all day’
To save you 2 minutes it's because it's a default text replacement you can delete (or add your own) from General > Keyboard > Text Replacement.
No idea why this needed an entire video
Because this is the Apple Explained channel and although I already use the feature, I didn’t know why Apple included omw, so I found it interesting. If you don’t care about quick and simple explanations, maybe this channel isn’t for you. Have a day. 😊
@@ArbysMom no I like the channel and he makes quite informative videos sometimes. Just other times he makes videos like this that are equivalent to a 2 second google search.
@@jimjamjon2285 Considering over 1,000 people liked it in three hours, I’d say why this needed an entire video was because people found it informative and/or interesting. If you don’t, fine. Just move along. 😊
@@ArbysMomBruh why are being like this? They outright said they like the channel, they are literally just offering some constructive criticism regarding content. "The number of likes" doesn't mean it's good. Brainrot memes and clickbait videos gets millions of views, does that make it quality content? I'm not trying to be a white-knight for an internet stranger, but god, I seriously cannot stand the whole "if you don't like, don't watch" mentality...how tf was I supposed to know if liked the video or not before watching it?? The title of this video made the reason sound way more interesting than just being automatically replaced text. I mean ffs, any good content creator will accept constructive criticism on their videos. Going off your logic "If they don't like it, they can disable comments". So tired of this logic fr
@@catsinskates In my opinion, "No idea why this needed an extra video" isn't constructive criticism. It's one thing for someone to say that they don't like the video, but to say it's not needed just because they personally have no use for it is not constructive. And I mentioned that this got likes, not views, which are not the same thing. And I never said "if you don't like, don't watch" because of course you can't judge a video before watching. So that's twice you've twisted what I said. The original comment I replied to said "No idea why this needed an entire video" and I gave a reason why, and suggested that if they weren't into that kind of video, maybe this channel wasn't right for them. When they replied that these videos are the equivalent to a 2 second google search, I expanded on my initial response of why this "needed" an entire video. My point was that despite the fact that a 2 second google search would give the answer, the video was more interesting, and I defended the creator so they'd keep making videos like it, as I got more out of this video than a google search does. When I need a "how to" for something, I actually prefer a text answer, but this was more than just "how to" and that's why I'm a subscriber. There are plenty of HOW Apple tips and tricks channels but this one goes into WHY. And then your "logic" about disabling comments... this logic is in your head, not in what I said. Maybe reread my comments from the perspective of me showing that I like these videos the way they are, and that I *do* find them needed, because they're interesting.
omw
oh im on the superior OS
Hahaha the power of ANDRRRROOOIIIDDDD
Im on ios I can still say: omw
Verily, I am on my journey forthwith, making haste towards my destination with all due diligence and resolve.
That's actually quite a smart strategy. Lord knows how many features are in Android settings that 95% of users don't know about because you literally have to looking for them to know about them.
Do you know of any good ones? I recently switched to android and so far have found some fun/ useful settings
On my way!
On my way!
On my way!
On my way!
On my way!
On my way!
In my language (Turkish) when i abbreaviate hello (mrb) it turns it into Hello! (Merhaba!) it’s super annoying good to know it happens to other people though
I never used apple in my entire life, this was very helpful
I’m On my way! to turn this thing off
(no no, control yourself, dont say it. dont do it.) "LAUGHS IN ANDROID+WINDOWS"
This has been annoying me for the past year thank u for popping up in my recommended 🙏🙏
Text replacement is a miracle
I counted and I have about 163 things set to autocorrect including four spellings of Sofanthiel, the term “scugged,” and a bunch of combined words from things like Wings of Fire (fireless, firescales, moonsbegotten, moonsforsaken)
Apple is greatly underestimating the tech savviness of their users
No apple knows their target demographic 😂
Back to the iPhone with the home button! I liked the iPhone with the home button.
Fun fact: You can bypass text replacement and autocorrect by typing an extra character after your word, then deleting it and pressing space.
eg. Typing omww, then delete the extra w and press space, and it won’t change it.
"omw 🏃♂"
"On My Way! 🤓👆"
I’ll be honest. Before this feature, I never even knew that “omw” was even a thing.
Yeah, I actually thought that Apple might have just made it up as an example.
POV: You run out of video ideas
Fr he doesn’t get any new content till September
POV: Not everyone has an infinite amount of ideas
no shit, when his entire channel is based on a company known for not adding features so he has nothing to talk about.
Ridiculous this is the content I subscribe for gtfo of here
He does video idea polls sometimes.
And yet you still comment on his video anyway.
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! WHY
Didn’t know about this one since I’ve always used otw for “on the way” instead of omw
POV: You’re out of video ideas
can confirm from experience it does work while ur txting n driving 😀
I did had that question too with the Portuguese word “Estou Indo” witch has the same meaning of on my way
Not going to lie, that is a pretty awesome way of pushing folks towards looking into a feature. Unfortunately Apple didn’t take into account the large amount of people who would sooner work around a problem than spend a few minutes searching the internet for a solution
Verily, I embark upon this expedition with purposeful strides, my heart resolute and my spirit unwavering, as I traverse the path that leads me ever closer to my appointed destination.
i actually knew this, i found the text replacement settings and saw the omw thing there many many years back
i think i mustve looked up the feature or something for use but im not sure
Well thanks for telling me now I am On my way! To fix this.
This is a pretty cool feature. I also used it to make “idk” turn into “I don’t know.” And “idc” turn into “I don’t care.”
On my way! Sounds happier so I’ll use it so thanks
As someone with an iPhone 5s and an iPhone 12, it was there all the way back then and still has not changed💀
This is scary because I was literally messing with that shortcut in my notes app 2 minutes ago and now I get this recommended
Your majesty, Thou horses are galloping at precarious speed, I may be arriving shortly.
i actually just turned that off yesterday, best decision i’ve ever made
Apple: From "On My Way" to On Something Illegal
texting: kk omw
texting with apple: Ok! On my way!
It also does this for different languages because I noticed my tab also included итд to и так далее (ect to and so on) for Russian.
The horses are galloping at precarious speeds, perhaps I may arrive soon.
My friend encountered this exact issue. His solution ‘o m w’
i liked the part where he explained why it autocorrects to on my way
They've never heard of the phrase "Oh my word"
I already knew this before this video got posted
Never knew that SMH means "shaking my head", thought it meant "somehow"...
I used to think it meant "So Much Hate"
I didn’t even know that until now.
Now I’m On my way! To check the settings for this feature
Pro tip: If you have a word that you type frequently but the autocorrect keeps ffing it up, add it to the text replacements with no shortcut and it will no longer autocorrect it
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way!
This is genuinely fun
On my way! On my way! On my way! On my way!
It’s because it has a setting where you can make a replacement, and Apple adds Omw to it for a reference
This is a direct attack on people who use "omw" to mean oh my word. Specifically because anyone who uses it like that is far too old to be poking around in their settings
wait until someone says "oh my word"
only legends know he changed the thumbnail
My boyfriend always uses this on purpose, even though I don't even have an iphone it has become part of my vocabulary and it's like "our thing" now lol.
“On my way“ and “omw” isn’t even a part of my normal vocabulary so I’ve never come across this. People need to stop abbreviating everything and take the time to write things out.
0:52 Amazon Kindle does that to this day… I freaking hate that. Sometimes a well placed swear word can do a lot for a good joke, but “duck” doesn’t fit the context, and “ducking” doesn’t make any sense.
Also, my Kindle would autocorrect Cat to Car, making stupid comments like “I love my pet car.” Even Apple knows this is stupid, because my phone tried to correct me to cat. Lol