A plurality of methods 600-800 that collectively reduces touch swipe latency within a user interface (210) of an electronic device 100/200 includes: activating 610 a predictive touch utility 120; and in response to detecting 710 a sliding movement of an external manipulator 165 from a set of prior positions on a touchpanel 148 to a current position on the surface: dynamically computing 712 a predicted next position 392 based on the set of prior positions and the current position, before the external manipulator 165 arrives at an end position 240 while continuously touching the surface; and triggering 714 advancement of 536 the user interface 210 to a predicted next frame corresponding to the predicted next position 392. Activating the predictive touch utility 120 includes selecting and loading 612 a predictive touch profile 134 having a response curve 1500/1600 that correlates to gains applied to compute the predicted next position 392.