Wish to change the color of your virtual keyboard on BlackBerry 10.3.1- Try this way!

With the start of 2015 this year updates for BlackBerry 10 smartphones started rolling out bringing a lot of new features such as endless folders, Quick Settings from anywhere, more icons on the homescreen, BlackBerry Blend and much more.
One such feature is the ability to change the color of the virtual keyboard. You can now get a light themed virtual keyboard. Not a whole variety of color options but it’s a welcome option. You can stick with the black (dark) keyboard, go light (white) theme or have it set to automatic. With the latter option the virtual keyboard changes depending on the colour theme of the app you’re using. As an example, you can set it to automatic.  You like to use the dark theme for BBM, so when using BBM the virtual keyboard comes up black. However, when you arein the Hub composing an email, the keyboard pops up white, so as to blend in with the rest of the screen.
The option is there for both full touchscreen devices as well as on physical keyboard devices. On a BlackBerry Passport, the row of symbols that appears above the physical keyboard will change. For the likes of the Q10, Q5 and the Classic, unless you have spelling predictions turned on there won’t be much in it for you. There are some instances where it will remain as the default color (black), such as in the browser.
With the simple steps you can change the color of your virtual keyboard.

  • Go to Settings
  • Select Display
  • Scroll down until you find the Virtual Keyboard Appearance dropdown menu
  • Now choose your preference from there

Do let us know your experience with these new features that are coming up in BlackBerry 10 and the update versions!