14 DAY TRIAL // A new flavor of the popular SwiftKey input application is now available for download for the owners of Android-based devices, namely version 4.2.0.115 beta.
The new application release was meant to address some of the issues that were previously found to affect user’s experience with the software, the development team explains.
Additionally, the updated SwiftKey Beta will deliver a series of enhancements to Android devices, such as better personalization capabilities, and more.
The new app iteration comes with Backup & Sync improvements, so that users could easily have the words and phrases that matter the most to them securely saved and synced across devices.
When the handset or tablet PC is upgraded or a new device is bought, SwiftKey will still have all the info on the people, places and things that users mentioned most before.
The new app iteration also comes with Trending Phrases now, designed to analyze Twitter and local news sources to highlight the most relevant daily discussions and trending topics.
The feature is being released in English (AU, US & UK), Arabic, Dutch, French (FR), German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (PT & BR), Russian, Spanish (ES & LA), Swedish, and Turkish, but it will receive support for more languages soon.
Additionally, the app sports a series of personalization enhancements now, so that it can learn from users’ writing styles easier than before. SwiftKey comes with support for Gmail, Facebook and Yahoo! Mail personalization, and should receive additional sources soon.
Users interested in learning more on what the new app flavor packs inside should have a look at the full changelog, listed on SwiftKey’s download page on Softpedia (linked below).
Before proceeding with the installation, users should also keep in mind that the app is in Beta, and that it still packs a series of bug.
Known issues in this release include:
- If you re-add a word that you previously removed from predictions, it will not always get re-added across all your synced devices - The showerhead Emoji in GoSMS messes up input - Spanish inverted ? not visible on plain QWERTY keyboard when Spanish is loaded - Popup accented characters missing after changing layout or language settings - Prediction bar too small in landscape mode - SwiftKey reluctant to replace a mistyped bottom row character with a space (e.g. ‘Hibthere’ will not get corrected to ‘Hi there’)