New version of SwiftKey now up for grabs on Android

Mar 13, 2018 10:23 GMT  ·  By

SwiftKey Keyboard has just been updated to version 7.0 on Android, getting several new features like a toolbar at the top of the keyboard to quickly access features like GIFs and stickers.

Specifically, the new version of SwiftKey introduces a new toolbar that can be easily enabled with the small + sign in the upper left corner and which adds another row of icons at the top of the keyboard.

The toolbar groups several new features, like GIF integration, which is powered by Giphy and which allows you to quickly insert animations in your conversations. While in applications like WhatsApp GIF support is already available, with the release of SwiftKey 7 you get faster access to such animations.

Stickers also make their way to SwiftKey, and you can download several packs straight from within the app. All are available free of charge, and the stickers are then integrated into SwiftKey to quickly insert them into a conversation. On WhatsApp, however, the stickers are sent like static photos, and do not feature animations as it’s the case of iMessage stickers, for instance.

Stickers, calendar, and easy location sharing

You can also customize stickers with you own messages and pin them to a separate collection for even faster access – this is one particularly helpful feature given that collections are typically very large and it’s harder to find a specific one.

In addition, you can create stickers using your photos and add your own text, again with support for collections to use them at a later time.

Location integration is also being offered in the latest version of SwiftKey for Android, again offering faster location sharing than in apps like WhatsApp.

And last but not least, SwiftKey now comes with calendar support and faster access to settings and clipboard.

The Google Play Store listing hasn’t yet been updated with version 7, but you can download SwiftKey 7.0 APK and install it manually using this link.

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