Microsoft’s discontinuing SwiftKey keyboard on iOS next week, but it will continue to work unless you uninstall it or get a new device
Microsoft confirmed that it’s removing SwiftKey from the Apple App Store and ending support for the iOS version of the keyboard app on October 5th. It will still be available if you’ve already downloaded SwiftKey on your iPhone, so long as you don’t uninstall it yourself.
SwiftKey has been available on iOS since 2014, two years before Microsoft acquired the app. SwiftKey will still remain available and fully supported on Android, and Microsoft continues to roll out regular updates.
SwiftKey is actually a very good keyboard, and probably the reason why Microsoft bought it. I do suspect though also that Apple’s very restrictive policies make it very difficult for devs to provide some of the really useful features that are found on Android (just think of the crippled robo caller apps). Although I’m still chiefly iPhone user (was iPhone, bought Android, back to iPhone), I did just buy a budget Android phone this week (just to play a bit with) and no doubt Apple’s quality, stability, privacy, and camera are better, but Android has more of the apps I’m missing, and the flexibility, so maybe I’ll end up being a two-phone person…
See https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/28/23377227/microsoft-discontinuing-swiftkey-ios-keyboard-app
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source https://gadgeteer.co.za/microsofts-discontinuing-swiftkey-keyboard-on-ios-next-week-but-it-will-continue-to-work-unless-you-uninstall-it-or-get-a-new-device/
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