14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released an update for its SwiftKey Android keyboard that comes with a lot of goodies, including a pack of languages that you’ve never heard about.
Now at version 6.5.3.35, SwiftKey for Android now supports a total of 150 languages, offering bilingual autocorrect that makes it a breeze for everyone to type in two languages at the same time.
The changelog reveals that, with this update, Microsoft is introducing support for 12 new languages as it follows: Friulian, Lingala, Fijian, Rwanda, Oromo, Tsonga, Tswana, Swazi, Venda, Sesotho, Hiligaynon, and Southern Ndebele.
For trivia, Venda, whose full name is Republic of Venda, is an African country that has two official languages: English and Venda. So with this SwiftKey update, Venda residents can chat with friends in their own native language, especially if they do not want to use English as default.
Other than that, this update brings a few other bug fixes, but the focus is clearly put on the new languages, which brings the overall count to 150.
Only on Android… for now
In case you’re wondering, this update is exclusive to Android for the time being, but it should be released to iOS devices anytime soon. Unfortunately, SwiftKey does not exist on Windows phones just yet, even though Microsoft purchased the parent company last year and keeps releasing new updates that keep it one of the best third-party keyboard apps available at the moment.
It goes without saying that users of the app should update as soon as possible, so go ahead and download SwiftKey for Android right now to get all these improvements on your devices too.
For what it’s worth, SwiftKey requires at least Android 4.0.3, but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem given that most phones have already been updated to newer versions. The app has already recorded more than 50 million downloads in the Google Play Store and probably other several millions with the standalone APK file.