SwiftKey: Microsoft removes an important app from Apple’s iOS

the end of an era for her Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard on iOS.

Microsoft has confirmed that it is removing SwiftKey from the Apple App Store and ending support for the iOS version of the keyboard app on October 5. It will still be available if you’ve already downloaded SwiftKey on your iPhone, unless you uninstall it yourself, or switch devices.

“Microsoft will continue to Supports SwiftKey Android app In addition to the core technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard,” Chris Wolf, director of product management at SwiftKey, said in a statement on the site. the edge. “For customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until they are manually uninstalled or the user gets a new device,” he explained.

The move to shut down SwiftKey on iOS comes after months of apparently unresolved user complaints. Additionally, users have noticed that Microsoft hasn’t updated the SwiftKey app on iOS for over a year, raising suspicions that support for the app has been silently discontinued.

It is still not clear why Microsoft made the decision To end support on iPhone. SwiftKey has been available on iOS since 2014, two years before Microsoft acquired the app. SwiftKey will remain fully available and supported on Android, and Microsoft continues to release regular updates. Last year, SwiftKey brought clipboard syncing to Windows and Android devices using the app, but said it “can’t sync your clips to iOS” — and now we know why. Apparently, the US company is focused on the Android platform (it has greater access to the operating system and its own hardware) and its connection to Windows.

source: skai.gr

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