Characters disappear when typing in Autocomplete + InstantSearch on Samsung devices

[arnedem]

Description

On Samsung devices, typing in the search input with Autocomplete and InstantSearch causes characters to randomly disappear or be overwritten. This issue is reproducible in the official Algolia Autocomplete + InstantSearch example project referenced in the documentation.

Reproduction

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Steps

1. Tap the search input.
2. Enter a search query with the Samsung keyboard.
3. See the characters being replaced by new input.

Expected behavior

Text input should behave normally, without characters being overwritten or disappearing.

Environment

• OS: Android 14, Android 15
• Browser: Chrome 135.0.7049.113
• Autocomplete version: 1.19.2

[Haroenv]

I wonder if this could be related to #1235?

[arnedem]

We resolved it by setting the enterKeyHint option to "search" as stated in this article.