Last September, Microsoft announced the discontinuation and removal of its third-party keyboard from the App Store. It meant that no user was going to be able to have SwiftKey as the main keyboard on your iPhone or iPad. However, users who have already downloaded the app will be able to continue enjoying it. But apparently everything has changed at Microsoft. Without notice or justification, Microsoft SwiftKey is once again available on the App Store and in fact big news on the keyboard is expected soon.
Microsoft SwiftKey returns to the App Store
iOS and iPadOS have a very powerful native keyboard that has improved considerably over the past few years. However, today there are still millions of users who prefer to use a third-party keyboard fully installable directly from the App Store. Some of them are Gboard or Microsoft SwiftKey, which we talk about throughout this article.
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Microsoft Swift Key is Microsoft’s smart virtual keyboard available for Android and iOS. In September of that same year, the cessation of keyboard activity within the App Store was announced and, consequently, the removal of the application for future users. However, users who had already installed the app would still be running. SwiftKey is a good keyboard because learns from the user, from the writing mode
Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard is BACK on iOS! 🎉🎊🍾🥳
Stay tuned to what the team has in store for you!
Link ➡️ https://t.co/X6eIq0VJgP pic.twitter.com/23OA67UynZ
— Vishnu.one (@VishnuNath) November 18, 2022
But everything seems to have changed and Microsoft SwiftKey is back at the App Store. They did not specify the reasons why they wanted to leave iOS and iPadOS. In fact, they announce through a tweet that big things are coming to SwiftKey and that we remain attentive to future developments of the application. So if you’re one of the regular users of this third-party keyboard and thought you weren’t going to be able to get more updates, you’re in luck because it looks like SwiftKey is still alive.