diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner.go b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner.go
index a2093e1..be64387 100644
--- a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner.go
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner.go
@@ -282,7 +282,11 @@ func (c *runnerCompanion) Uninstall(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error
 }
 
 func (c *runnerCompanion) InputText(ctx context.Context, text string) error {
-	_, err := c.call(ctx, "typeText", map[string]any{"text": text, "replace": true})
+	return c.TypeText(ctx, text, true)
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) TypeText(ctx context.Context, text string, replace bool) error {
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "typeText", map[string]any{"text": text, "replace": replace})
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner_test.go b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner_test.go
index 3e767a0..5788c5f 100644
--- a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner_test.go
@@ -467,3 +467,22 @@ func TestResponseIDMismatchIsSentinel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("id mismatch must wrap the sentinel: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTypeTextAppendsWithoutReplace(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+	typer := companion.(TextTyper)
+
+	if err := typer.TypeText(context.Background(), "héllo 🌟", false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TypeText: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d requests, want 1", len(requests))
+	}
+	request := requests[0]
+	if request.Method != "typeText" || request.Params["text"] != "héllo 🌟" || request.Params["replace"] != false {
+		t.Fatalf("typeText request = %+v", request)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/transport.go b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/transport.go
index 6a678bb..7412ebc 100644
--- a/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/transport.go
+++ b/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/transport.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ type TextEditor interface {
 	PressKey(ctx context.Context, key string) error
 }
 
+// TextTyper is an optional companion capability: the transport types text
+// natively into whatever holds keyboard focus. Unlike TextEditor it exposes
+// the replace flag, so a caller can clear the field through another channel
+// and append with replace false.
+type TextTyper interface {
+	TypeText(ctx context.Context, text string, replace bool) error
+}
+
 // ErrCompanionUnavailable marks a connection-level failure that a companion
 // restart can recover from. Transports wrap dropped-connection errors with it.
 var ErrCompanionUnavailable = errors.New("companion connection unavailable")