It appears Microsoft is now ending support for the iOS version of SwiftKey, according to ZDNet, removing it from the App Store as of October 5. In recent years Apple’s own iOS keyboard has included many of the features SwiftKey became famous for, such as predictive text and swipe gestures. SwiftKey is a predictive keyboard that gained popularity on Android and iOS before being bought by Microsoft. From 2012 to 2013, SwiftKey was the best-selling paid app on Google Play.Microsoft is killing off its SwiftKey predictive keyboard for iOS, with plans to remove it from the App Store as of October 5. At the time it acquired SwiftKey, Microsoft officials said the keyboard and SDK-powered services were used on more than 300 million Android and iOS devices. At the time, Microsoft was on a buying spree, snapping up companies with strong iOS and Android presence in order to give Microsoft at least some kind of foothold in the mobile phone space. The Microsoft Phone Link team knows well that if Apple doesn't grant access to certain interfaces, there's no easy or good way to make a product which needs integration to work. I'm guessing the decision had as much to do with Apple's policies around safeguarding its walled garden as anything. I asked for the official reason why Microsoft had made this decision and was told officials had nothing more to say. For those customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device. Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard. "As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store. On September 28, a spokesperson emailed the following statement, attributable to Chris Wolfe, Director Product Management at SwiftKey: When a reader asked recently for an update on the situation, I asked Microsoft. A Reddit thread from a month ago highlighted the lack of updates to the app for more than a year. Questions about what's going on with Microsoft's support of the predictive SwifKey keyboard app for iOS have been bubbling up over the past few weeks.
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