Those who had the app installed before it was pulled experienced no disruptions. Pedram Rezaei, another Microsoft executive, chimed in saying that the Windows maker will be “investing heavily in the keyboard.” Stay tuned to what the team has in store for it! Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard is BACK on iOS! 🎉🎊🍾🥳

“Based on customer feedback, SwiftKey iOS has been relisted on the Apple App Store,” Microsoft’s Caitlin Roulston said in a statement to The Verge.Īlthough the version currently reinstated on the store has no new features, Vishnu Nath, Microsoft’s VP and GM of OneNote and the Office product group, has teased folks on Twitter to “stay tuned to what the team has in store.” Even though SwiftKEy had languished more than a year without meaningful updates, discontinuing the app was clearly a mistake-people seem to be liking SwiftKey a lot.

We may not know why Microsoft pulled SwiftKey from the App Store earlier in 2022, delisting it from the store on October 5, 2022. Microsoft’s SwiftKey iPhone keyboard has been reinstated

What to do? Take SwiftKey for a spin, see if you like it.

Why care? SwiftKey was probably the best third-party keyboard for iPhone and iPad so this is great news for people who prefer SwiftKey over Apple’s own QuickType predictive keyboard.

But now, the Windows maker has seemingly reversed course and reinstated SwiftKey on the store though no updates have arrived yet.

What’s happening? Microsoft pulled SwiftKey from Apple’s App Store in September 2022 without giving any explanation for the discontinuation.

Microsoft has brought back SwiftKey, its predictive keyboard for iPhone and iPad with gestural typing, emoji prediction, themes and more.

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