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AI keyboard for LinkedIn messages on Android

In LinkedIn, FlickReply suggests replies for you: trigger it, pick a tone — professional, friendly or short — and it reads the conversation on screen and writes options in that register. Polish and correct works here too, as it does in every Android app: write the message however it comes out, tap polish, and it fixes the spelling, grammar and punctuation and returns 3 to 4 rewritten versions to pick from.

Why LinkedIn in particular

LinkedIn is the surface where people most often stall on the first sentence, because the stakes feel higher and the conventions are stricter. It is also the place where a message that reads as a template gets ignored, which is the trap most AI writing tools fall into — and the reason tone control matters more there than raw generation.

Three things people actually use it for

Replying to a recruiter without overthinking it

Trigger the reply assistant on the recruiter message itself, pick professional, and it drafts from the thread rather than from a blank field. Or write the honest answer in your own words — interested, not interested, interested but not now — and polish it into a professional tone. Both are faster than drafting diplomatically from scratch.

Connection notes that are not the default text

A short personal note has a much better acceptance rate than the blank default. Draft one from the conversation or profile context on screen, pick a professional or friendly tone, then edit it so it carries something only you would say.

Commenting without a blank-field pause

Drafting a comment from the post you are replying to, then editing it so it carries your actual opinion. The draft is scaffolding, not the final text.

What it actually returns

Real messages, typed the way people actually type them, and the versions that come back.

Declining something without sounding blunt

What you typed

cant do friday, got too much on. maybe next week idk

What comes back
  1. Friday is not going to work for me — I have too much on. Could we look at some time next week instead?
  2. I can't manage Friday, unfortunately. Would next week be easier?
  3. Can't do Friday. Next week work?

The original is not rude, it just reads as though you could not be bothered. This is the most common reason people reach for polish.

Replying to a colleague you have left waiting

What you typed

hey sorry i didnt get bak to u yesterday was swamped, can we push the call to thurs? also i still need those numbers from ur team before we can finalise anythign

What comes back
  1. Apologies for the slow reply yesterday — it was a busy one. Could we move the call to Thursday? I also still need those figures from your team before we can finalise anything.
  2. Sorry for not getting back to you yesterday, things were hectic. Can we push the call to Thursday? I'll also need those numbers from your team before we can wrap this up.
  3. Sorry for the delay. Can we move the call to Thursday? Still waiting on your team for the numbers before we finalise.

Four spelling errors, two missing apostrophes and a run-on sentence, fixed in the same pass as the rewrite. The third version is what the short tone produces.

When it will not help

Worth knowing before you install rather than after.

It cannot know what you meant

If the original message is ambiguous, the rewrites will be confidently ambiguous in 3 to 4 different ways. Polish improves how a message reads, not whether the underlying thought was clear.

It will flatten a deliberate voice

If you write in a distinctive way on purpose — clipped, blunt, very informal — the rewrites will smooth that out. Some people polish everything; others only use it for work messages for exactly this reason.

It is not an as-you-type corrector

Nothing changes until you tap. If you want mistakes fixed silently while you write, that is autocorrect, and FlickReply does not replace it.

What you get in LinkedIn

  • Reply suggestions in LinkedIn messages, drafted from the conversation on screen
  • Professional, friendly and short tones, chosen before the draft is written
  • Polish and correct: fixes spelling, grammar and punctuation in a message you have written, with several rewritten versions to choose from
  • Works as a full Android keyboard in LinkedIn
  • Clipboard history for links and details you send repeatedly
  • Text editing and share tools in the keyboard panel
  • Resize, one-handed mode and floating keyboard
  • Privacy mode

FlickReply is an Android input method, so the system hands it every text field on the device — the keyboard itself, the whole tools panel, and polishing a message you have written all work in LinkedIn, your browser, your notes app and anything you install next month. Only reply drafting is per-app, because it reads the conversation on screen, and that works in WhatsApp, Instagram and LinkedIn today.

Setting it up takes about two minutes

  1. Install FlickReply from Google Play. It is free, and the AI allowance on the free tier is 10 requests a day.
  2. Enable it in Android keyboard settings. Android walks you through enabling a new input method and then selecting it — the prompt appears on first launch.
  3. Open LinkedIn and type normally. The keyboard behaves exactly as you expect. Tap the AI key only when you want a draft, a rewrite or a different tone.
FAQ

LinkedIn and FlickReply: common questions

Yes, in two ways. Trigger the reply assistant and it reads the LinkedIn conversation on screen and drafts a reply in the tone you pick. Or write the message yourself, tap polish, and it fixes the spelling, grammar and punctuation and returns 3 to 4 rewritten versions — that second one works in every Android app, not only LinkedIn.

It drafts and re-tones messages one at a time in the field you are typing in, so it suits replying and personalising rather than bulk sending. There is no template library, no mail merge and no scheduling, and none are planned. For outreach that means it helps you write a better individual message, not send more of them.

LinkedIn has no way to see which keyboard you typed with — a keyboard delivers text to the field exactly as manual typing does. What people can notice is a message that reads as generic, which is a writing problem rather than a detection one. Editing the draft so it carries something specific to the person you are messaging is what makes the difference.

The same keyboard, elsewhere

Try it in LinkedIn today

Free to install, 10 AI requests a day, and the keyboard works in every other app on your phone at the same time.

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