Type faster with this excellent virtual keyboard
SwiftKey Keyboard helps you type quicker on your Android touchscreen phone by predicting what you want to say. It also features a gesture-based input system known as Swiftkey Flow, which makes typing even faster.
Setting up SwiftKey Keyboard is easily done, thanks to a handy start-up screen. You'll need to download a language module from a choice of nine (see below for the full list), and enable SwiftKey Keyboard as your default input method on your phone. Once you've done this you'll see a new on-screen keyboard whenever you send a message or enter text.
Keys are laid out in QWERTY format, though the default setting is a bit thin for our liking. Luckily, you can customize key sizes in SwiftKey Keyboard though, as well as setting the color and design of the keyboard by choosing a them.
SwiftKey Keyboard's predictive text engine is so powerful that it can generally guess the word you wanted within just two or three keystrokes. With every keystroke you make three possible words are suggested. You can select one by tapping or hit Space to go with the middle one, which is the one SwiftKey thinks is the most likely. SwiftKey Keyboard will even predict what the next word you want will be (and its accuracy here is impressive).
The SwiftKey Flow system, introduced in version 4 of SwiftKey allows you to enter words simply by drawing lines between letters on the keyboard, in much the same way that Swype does. Coupled with its powerful prediction and correction system, I would argue that writing in SwiftKey Keyboard is now even quicker than in Swype.
SwiftKey Flow is easy to pick up, though it can be a bit fiddly when all the letters you need for your word are in the same row on the keyboard.
To improve SwiftKey Keyboard's accuracy is you can tell it to look at the history of your SMS, Facebook and Twitter messages to learn about the kind of words you use and the way you construct sentences. Of course, there are privacy concerns here, but the app is designed to scan for text only, as opposed to context.
There's lots to explore in the SwiftKey Keyboard settings menu. It features more than 60 languages, of which you can enable three at a time; you can change the behavior of the space bar; access statistics about your SwiftKey Keyboard usage, and much more.
SwiftKey Keyboard lets you type on your phone much more quickly and is the best keyboard for Android replacement you'll find. Even if you're prone to making spelling mistakes, the app is great at detecting and correcting them automatically.
SwiftKey Flow: World’s most accurate gesture input, with next word predictionFlow Through Space: Gesture multiple words without lifting a fingerPersonalization: More thorough learning of your language and typing styleBetter predictions: Enhanced language engine, predictions in more text fieldsEasier corrections: Tap anywhere on a word to choose an alternative60 languages: Now including Albanian, Bosnian, Javanese, Sundanese, Thai, Vietnamese
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SwiftKey Flow: World’s most accurate gesture input, with next word predictionFlow Through Space: Gesture multiple words without lifting a fingerPersonalization: More thorough learning of your language and typing styleBetter predictions: Enhanced language engine, predictions in more text fieldsEasier corrections: Tap anywhere on a word to choose an alternative60 languages: Now including Albanian, Bosnian, Javanese, Sundanese, Thai, Vietnamese
User reviews about SwiftKey Keyboard + Emoji
by Anonymous
A Free Keyboard Replace With Added Features.
SwiftKey is a nice replacement for android's stick touch keyboad. It ands simple things such as a more advanced spellchecker as well as an option to allow it to suggest works based on what you type. The buttons are bigger on SwiftKey than some stock android touch screens as well.The downside to SwiftKey is it does not work on some Android phones. Some users it will even tell you that your phone isn't an Android phone even if it is. Another downside is some will find switching between letters and symbols a little too difficult and for those who's Android phones have a hardware keypad, they may find their keypad doesn't work properly when SwiftKey is installed.I recommend everyone at least give SwiftKey a try for it's bigger buttons and added features. If it doesn't work well with your Android phone simply uninstall it. just remember it is in Beta so expects some glitches along the way.
Pros:
Added Features To Android's Stock Touch Keyboard
Adds Bigger Buttons To Android's Stock Touch Keyboard
Free
Cons:
Can Conflict With Android's Hardware Keypad
Doesn't Work On All Android Phones
Some Will Find It Confusing More