The SwiftKey keyboard of Microsoft on phones Android is updated frequently, but if the keyboard also has a version for IPhone, this one has not been updated for a year. We now know why. Microsoft officially discontinues SwiftKey on iPhone and IPadand withdraw the application in a few days.
In a statement to ZDNet, Chris Wolfe, director of product management at SwiftKey, said support for SwiftKey on iPhone and iPad will end on October 5. On this date, the application will be removed from the App Store. He also mentioned that Microsoft “will continue to support SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows Touch Keyboard,” so the decision only impacts the since-discontinued iOS and iPadOS version. long time.
He added that “customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device.” If you want to use SwiftKey on your iPhone, you still have a few days to download it before it’s gone forever.
Microsoft declined to provide a reason why it is discontinuing the iOS version of its keyboard. But as we mentioned, the app hasn’t been updated for over a year. Since no one is actively looking after it, there is no point in keeping it.
If you want to use SwiftKey as a keyboard on your iOS device, be sure to download it before it disappears from the App Store for good. It’s not like we’d recommend you do that, though – the latest version is already over a year old and it’s only getting old.
Source : ZDNet