{"id":81533,"date":"2022-09-29T08:21:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsofts-swiftkey-predictive-keyboard-didnt-see-this-coming\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T08:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:21:58","slug":"microsofts-swiftkey-predictive-keyboard-didnt-see-this-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsofts-swiftkey-predictive-keyboard-didnt-see-this-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s SwiftKey predictive keyboard didn&#8217;t see this coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Before iPhones started predicting words, there was SwiftKey.  Microsoft bought it in 2016, and it has been one of the more favorite keyboards for iOS and Android users.  After almost a year of no updates, iPhone customers started to worry about this app&#8217;s future \u2013 which is now shorter than expected.<\/p>\n<p>according to <em>ZDNet<\/em>, Microsoft will delist SwiftKey from the App Store starting next week.  Here&#8217;s what Chris Wolfe, director of product management at SwiftKey, said to the publication:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store.  Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard.  For those customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device.  Please visit Support.SwiftKey.com for more information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For ZDNet, it believes this could be related to Apple&#8217;s policies around \u201csafeguarding its walled garden\u201d since if \u201cApple doesn&#8217;t grant access to certain interfaces, there&#8217;s no easy or good way to make a product which needs integration to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of now, there&#8217;s no restriction regarding SwiftKey or predictive keyboards, although one would agree that Apple would prefer if users choose its own \u201cprivacy-first\u201d solution.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft SwiftKey, according to its own app page, is \u201cthe intelligent keyboard that learns your writing style, so you can type faster,\u201d which \u201cmeans autocorrect actually works so you can get your point across fast, without errors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Users can also customize the keyboard with dozens of themes to choose from, send emojis, GIFS, and more.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, SwiftKey will keep living on Android devices.  iPhone users, at least, need to download the app before October 5 to enjoy a bit more of this predictive keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:<\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iOS 16 Beta 5: My Favorite Features!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VB3qb9g_Fqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before iPhones started predicting words, there was SwiftKey. Microsoft bought it in 2016, and it has been one of the more favorite keyboards for iOS and Android users. After almost a year of no updates, iPhone customers started to worry about this app&#8217;s future \u2013 which is now shorter than expected. according to ZDNet, Microsoft &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsofts-swiftkey-predictive-keyboard-didnt-see-this-coming\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft&#8217;s SwiftKey predictive keyboard didn&#8217;t see this coming<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81992,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-will-end-support-for-its-swiftkey-ios-keyboard-on-october-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":81533,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft will end support for its SwiftKey iOS keyboard on October 5","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"enlarge \/ Microsoft's SwiftKey keyboard for iOS is fading away next month.Microsoft Microsoft will discontinue its SwiftKey software keyboard for iOS and delist it from the App Store, according to a statement made to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley when asked about the future of the software. \"As of October 5,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81677,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/swiftkey-for-ios-is-being-killed-off-next-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":81533,"position":1},"title":"SwiftKey for iOS is being killed off next month","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft has announced that the SwiftKey keyboard for iOS devices will no longer be available to download starting next month. 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