And with no reason given, users can only speculate as to why Microsoft is consigning their long-running keyboard app to a slow death. The announcement comes just a week before the app is scheduled to be delisted from the iOS App Store. The keyboard is higher so the user’s thumbs don’t have to bend as far.
The above statement came from Chris Wolfe, Director of Product Management at SwiftKey. That may sound rather innocuous until you realize just how many sensitive things you type on a daily basis. That includes text that you’ve written before you enabled full access. 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. When you grant a keyboard full access in iOS or iPadOS, you’re giving them the ability to access, record and transmit anything you type using their keyboard app. Change SwiftKeys color and design with any of these themes or packs. Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard. SwiftKey is an on-screen keyboard for Android and iOS that adapts to the way you type. “As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store. The news comes in the form of an email to Senior Contributing Editor Mary Jo Foley replying to a query about why the iOS app hasn’t received an update in over a year. Microsoft plans to delist its SwiftKey predictive keyboard from the iOS App Store on October 5th, according to a report by ZDNet.
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