Microsoft is killing SwiftKey for iOS, What does it mean?
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SwiftKey has been my go to keyboard long before MS ever bought the company.
Yep, I started using it in early 2012.
True, for me it’s an annoying setback. Everything was so well set-up. I hope Apple themselves manages to make their Keyboard more practical. There are so many small things that annoy me right now while writing this.
For example, why is on iPad the swype option only available by minimizing the keyboard? Why can’t the German Umlaute like ä or ö be predicted when you write the word without them? Why can’t the best prediction be shown in the middle? Why can the keyboard not delete words as a whole? Why are the predictions so stupid sometimes? God it annoys me, I hope Apple does it as often: They take a concept and make it better. Really hope they do.
Well, that's me not going back to an iPhone. Having SwiftKey is one of the only things that makes typing on my 12 Pro Max somewhat bearable.
True I hate the iOS keyboard
same.... i need that haptic feeedback
@@KenjiBiH They have haptic feedback now in iOS 16. The layout, lack of number row, and alternate keys are what's inferior about the stock iOS keyboard.
@@WaffleusRex i haven't updated my phone to ios 16 maybe i should try doing that and see if the ios keyboard feels better
@@KenjiBiH It's under Sound and Haptics when you update.
I’m super mad about it. I’ve been using swiftkey since my OG LG Optimus in 2010 and now I’m stuck between gboard and stock iPhone which are both horrendous.
There is an updated 2.9.4 on app store 😍
SwiftKey on iOS never got the advanced prediction features that SwiftKey got on Android, so it is not really a pity.
I'm a new ios user as well with a brand new 14 Pro Max and the stock iPhone keyboard is horrible...The only reason I can think of that people think it's ok is probably because they've previously had no choice and just got used to using it...
It is ATROCIOUS!!!!
Also Apple blocks tracking and privacy access. So GBoard and SwiftKey can't make money off them lol
Yea so they can use their own apple tracking and ads instead >>
@@raffiefoxmew3691 how dare you! Apple doesn't track their users, they care a lot about their privacy! How dare you!
All third party keyboards on apple have very limited integration. Also I have a weird issue where SwiftKey and gboard both lose all permissions to be used as an alternative keyboard at all,and I have to re-enable them. I think it may happen after an ios update possibly. I like the keyboard way better than the stock one, but using it is very restricted.
I think thats because of the few customization APIs on ios for making a good keyboard that can compete the native ios keyboard. I've rarely seen ios users install 3rd party keyboard apps on their devices.
Anyone who has used Swiftkey for an extended period of time on an android phone knows that Swiftkey is infinitely superior to the Apple keyboard.
@@ThekiBoran fr ikr?? Its prediction is scarily accurate
I use both an Android phone (currently a Surface Duo 2) and an iPhone (currently an iPhone 13 Pro). For years now, I've run SwiftKey on both platforms because it allows me to sync my autocomplete dictionaries across the devices. Unfortunately, the iOS version stopped being able to sign into my Microsoft Account sometime in the recent past. I opened a support ticket a few weeks ago, and they initially told me that "engineers are working on the problem." They've now updated the support ticket to tell me that SwiftKey is deprecated on iOS.
I don't know of another keyboard that will allow me to sync the autocomplete dictionary across devices. Gboard used to be able to do it, but they seem to have removed that functionality. It can now only manually import/export the dictionary. I want them to stay in sync automatically.
I don't see an iPhone keyboard that has a number row and arrow keys on the same screen as the letter keyboard.
New iPhone user here, I come from Android , one of the things that I noticed while setting up my apple ID was how plain and not very interesting the Apple keyboard was, it didn't have the numbers s
Row, or the word-emoji predictor
I'm one of the majorly bummed out users to day the least. I started pointing out the exact same information with screenshots back in April about the lack of support and updates.
Some may not know this, but due to the strict limitations on iOS, you don't even get to use the newest emojis via OS updates in your keyboard if it isn't up to date. This was the case with SwiftKey unfortunately for the last year.
Well man I'm sorry, that honestly does suck. But your first mistake was going with an iPhone lol. Lol I'm jkjk.
SAME! I'm absolutely love SwiftKey
A year later, happy to see the last app update was 2 weeks ago. Up to version 3.1.7.
There is an update 2.9.4 on app store 😍
outlook on ios now requires office 360 or it wont work , maybe microsoft is changing its apps from free to paid also word does not have as many functions as android has ,its a good marketing ploy from microsoft as apple users pay more for thier software than android , many games are paid on ios but free on android
I just got an iPhone 14 Pro Max and this is a huge blow to me...iOS keyboard is useless in comparison.
I think they probably have some business data that says it's not worth it. iPhone users probably don't use it enough.
Windows Phone keyboard was the best i don't know if there was any swiftkey technology under the hood... By the way, Microsoft has actually abandoned apps in Android too! Microsoft weather hasn't really been updated for a couple of years and they have replaced it with Bing and Microsoft Start (both are the very same app)
Windows Phone was the best, indeed. But SwiftKey was later bought by Microsoft.
Microsoft weather was only great on Windows Phone / Windows 10 mobile as well. The Android app has advertising and all.
It's a shame I don't even use ios, currently using the fold 3 and love it, but it's a shame to know if I ever got an iPhone, if they ever release a foldable then I would be stuck without a decent keyboard
FOLD 3 here too.
@@johnnykeener3727 ないす نَيس
So is there an alternative? Mine has some screwup from switching to a replacement phone where it keeps autocorrecting with double letters. Like Bob becomes Boob and honestly he's getting pretty ticked I keep calling him Boob. But seriously, it can't be the absolute only 3rd party keyboard. Any others with predictive abilities?
SwiftKey has only gotten worse since Microsoft took them over. I used to be able to blindly thumb across my screen and the autocorrect was so flawless I never had to check at all. But thank goodness I'm on Android and not dependant on a single brand.
It's still on the Apple Store for my new iPad as of March 2023 updated one month ago ver 2.9.8. I don't like that I can't figure out how to retract the keyboard when not in use on a document etc.
The default iOS keyboard don’t even support predictive for my native language. The perks of being in an unimportant market for apple
OMG i was using since my first iphone 2010
…last update to swiftkey on iOS was 6 days ago…
If Microsoft doesn't give you a 3 to review, we riot.
I've got my pitchfork ready!
A statement from ZDNET "Apple's policies around safeguarding its walled garden" simply made SwiftKey impossible to integrate properly with iOS" plus Google's GBoard was more popular on iOS and Android, so it's possible that Microsoft will focus on using SwiftKey with it's own products, such as Surface and Surface DUO. Originally developed by TouchType, SwiftKey for iOS has been behind or late at updates and most recently, over a year since it's last update, probably because Microsoft purchased the product with intentions to use it on future or current developments. iPhone users should not be bummed, there are dozens of alternatives in the App Store.
There is an update 2.9.4 on app store 😍
It was bugging out the last month on my iphone every 3 seconds. I deleted it today to reinstall it and boom, its gone forever. 10 years of learning swipe and sentence predictions... I'm pissed. Any advice for people in my boat? New app? Way to get it back?
Sameeee im still so sore about it. 😢
i managed to reinstall it using my back up following this video ruclips.net/video/9MeG9a2nhFY/видео.html
Ios is bullshit. Creepy
Speaking of keyboards has the surface duo fixed the keyboard allowing it to stay on screen you typing on instead of the overlap into the other screen?
I've literally never seen it do that on either Duo so maybe?
@@scaryifliteral I still get that bug on occasion.
Don't blame Microsoft as I don't know anyone who uses a 3rd party keyboard on iOS.
I like that argument. I don't know anyone that drives an electric car, so it would be great if Tesla and the rest would go ahead and pull their cars off the road.
It's not an argument but I work in the it sector and we support close to 10 thousand workers with around 40% owning an iPhone. Ones I have spoken to and been asked to setup have never used or know about 3rd party keyboards on iOS. Tbh it's the same for alot of android users but with that alot of devices use it as its default keyboard.
So I still have skiftkey installed but yea I noticed beginning of the month it just became completely inaccessible even though the keyboard is an option to choose from smh. Once in a blue it comes up, Stock apple is garbage compared bro smh. Rip swift u will be missed.
It's quite buggy on ios
Good riddance, SwiftKey swype recognition is $hi †
No one was making you use it lol
What disgust do you fishery mean auditory can't Disney swype
so long as they don't drop it from android. i guess its to do with some sort of s dispute between apple and microsoft.
iOS should improve their keyboard
Gboard isn't even been updated
I'm so pissed. Sad😢.
It’s because Windows Phone OS is coming back!😂
I wish...
Correct, Microsoft bought Swift Key
Did I say they made it from scratch? lol
I agree with those below I think its just because few users use a third party keyboard. One of the few reasons to use a third party was haptics and auto correct, both of which have been added/improved this year on ios meaning they just cant compete
MS hasn't improved SwiftKey in any meaningful way for a good while.
I mean, SwiftKey isn't great anyway
Why use a 3rd party keyboard on iOS. Makes no sense at all.
Preference?
Yeah it doesn't makes sense because keyboards in iOS sucks in general so why bother.
Because the stock iOS keyboard is awful. Even the nerfed version of SwiftKey is preferable to it.
The native iOS keyboard is annoying..
Number row? Symbols? Hello?
this doesn’t matter to me because i generally stick with the stock keyboard on whatever device i use because it has all the features i need already. a stock keyboard just has the best integration on the device it belongs to.
i suppose gboard is still an option, but since apple added in swipe gestures i no longer use gboard either. i only use it on pixel.
i think what this means for microsoft is that they can focus more on android like you said. why split your focus into a platform that has relatively low adoption? imo microsoft is picking the battles they want to fight, which is the smart thing to do.
bummer for swiftkey loyal users on ios, but overall not going to make a big impact to apple’s mobile platform.