
#Swift typist android#
Nope, the SwiftKey keypad doesn’t have to sit at the bottom of the screen-or at least not if you don’t want it to.Įver wish you could make the keypad on your Android phone float in the middle of the screen? Done. Ready to move forward? Just tap and hold the bottom-left key on the SwiftKey keypad (the one with the swirly SwiftKey logo), tap Settings, SwiftKey Cloud, and then Account (to connect SwiftKey to your Google account) and/or Personalization (to let SwiftKey access your Gmail, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and other social accounts).īonus tip: Having second thoughts about SwiftKey poking around your Facebook profile or your Gmail conversations? Just head back into Settings, then tap Delete your Swiftkey Cloud Data and Delete SwiftKey Cloud Account. The upside, though, is that SwiftKey will stand a much better chance of, say, guessing your wife’s last name once it’s scanned your Gmail message and your social accounts. The makers of SwiftKey say the app’s predictions will get better over time as it learns how you type, but you can also give SwiftKey a head start by (if you’re willing) letting it sift through your Gmail, your Facebook posts, your Twitter feed, and a few other of your online accounts.Ĭreeped out by the idea of SwiftKey sifting through your Gmail? Understandable-and no, you don’t have to connect any of your “cloud” accounts to SwiftKey if you don’t want to.

SwiftKey will make better typing predictions once it’s connected to your “cloud” accounts. SwiftKey’s signature feature is its ability to predict the next word you’re going to type, with a trio of buttons above the keypad displaying its three best guesses. Sync your Google, Gmail, and social network accounts SwiftKey does a nice job of stepping you through the process as you’re first installing the app. Note: Before you can get started with SwiftKey, you’ll need to pick the SwiftKey keyboard in your Andorid device’s “Language & Input” settings.

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#Swift typist for android#
SwiftKey for Android (you can download it right here) also boasts more ways to learn your particular style of typing, as well as more customization options for the keyboard itself, such as a just-unveiled slate of colorful keypad themes.īest of all, the Android version of SwiftKey has dumped its old price tag and gone free as a bird (although you will see in-app purchases here and there). On iOS devices, SwiftKey is relegated to the single SwiftKey Note app-or at least, that’s how it’ll be until this fall’s iOS 8 update, which will finally allow third-party developers (like those behind SwiftKey) to tinker with the main iOS keyboard.

On Android, though, SwiftKey is even better-much better, actually.įor one thing, SwiftKey’s word-predicting keypad can be used anywhere and everywhere on Android phones and tablets. With its uncanny ability to guess your next word before you even type it, SwiftKey makes for an impressive iOS typing app.
