How to Change Your Message Tone While Typing (Professional, Friendly, Formal)

Same message, different tone. Here is how to instantly make any text sound professional, friendly, or formal.

The words are right, but the tone is off. A message can read as blunt when you meant to be direct, or too casual for a work thread. SmartType’s tone transformation rewrites what you wrote to match the tone you actually want — without changing the meaning.

How tone transformation works

Type your message naturally, then open the tone action in the SmartType suggestion bar and pick the tone you want. SmartType rewrites the text instantly while keeping your point intact, so you can send it right away.

Tones you can choose

• ›Professional — clean and business-appropriate for work chats and email.
• ›Friendly — warm and approachable for teammates and clients.
• ›Formal — polished and respectful for important or first-time messages.
• ›Casual and more — relaxed phrasing for everyday conversations.

Where it helps

Tone changes are a lifesaver for work email, customer replies, apologies, and any message where how you say it matters as much as what you say. It is also great for writing in a second language, where the right register is hard to judge.

Combine with grammar and translation

Fix the grammar, set the tone, then translate into any of 369 languages — all in the same keyboard, in the app you are already using. It is the fastest way to send a message that lands exactly how you intend.