You can now access Bing's AI chatbot and other AI-powered features in any app on your iPhone or Android device via Microsoft's updated SwiftKey keyboard.
Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot is now available in any app via the SwiftKey keyboard
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Microsoft reinstates its SwiftKey iPhone keyboard, new features in the works
Microsoft has brought back SwiftKey, its predictive keyboard for iPhone and iPad with gestural typing, emoji prediction, themes and more.
KBAppDock upgrades the stock keyboard on jailbroken iPhones
The keyboard is one of the most frequently-used interfaces on any iPhone, and that’s not just because it’s useful for texting, but also because it’s the one tool you use whenever you browse the web, jot down notes or reminders, or search the App Store for your favorite apps, among other things.
While it’s certainly possible to download third party keyboards from the App Store to replace iOS’ native keyboard interface, you’d be hard pressed to find anything nearly as powerful as what can be had with a jailbreak tweak. That’s because jailbreak tweaks often let you keep Apple’s wonderful native keyboard while still enabling you to augment it in ways that Apple otherwise wouldn’t permit on a stock handset.
Excel updated with Split View multitasking, Word now supports trackpad and mouse
Microsoft has updated its Office for iPhone and iPad productivity suite with a few new nice-to-haves. For instance, you can now take advantage of side-by-side multitasking in Excel. Also, Word now supports richer mouse and trackpad interactions on your Magic Keyboard.
The upcoming Typewise keyboard for iPhone promises to reduce typos by over 80%
What if someone made a keyboard app with a focus on reducing those annoying typos?
OpenKeyboard lets you customize virtually anything about your iPhone keyboard
A new keyboard app popping up soon from German developer Jann Schafranek is completely customizable, allowing you to add, remove and change keys in any way you would want.
The best GIF keyboard apps for iPhone and iPad
Animated GIFs seem to be one of the most popular things people share these days aside from photos. Whether on social media or in text messages, those short animations are everywhere. You can share something sweet, thoughtful, hilarious, sarcastic, or wacky, and the list goes on.
If you search Google, you’ll find tons of GIFs for the topic you need. But why bother when you can use a keyboard specifically for them? These are the best GIF keyboard apps for iPhone and iPad to bring fun to your messages.
The best free font keyboard apps for iPhone and iPad
Just like emoji keyboards, font keyboards for iPhone and iPad bring fun to your messages. Whether you’re texting a family member or emailing a friend, you can make your words really pop by using different font styles.
There are tons of font keyboard apps on the App Store. But if you’re looking for the top ones, look no further. Here are four of the best free font keyboards for iPhone and iPad that don’t come with a bunch of strings attached.
The best iPhone emoji keyboard apps
These days, using emojis when sending text messages is the norm. You can say about anything with an emoji instead of text from “I love you” to “Let’s grab a burger.” And your iPhone is packed with tons of them to use. But there are apps that take these handy little smileys to another level.
You can send emojis that are arranged in a picture, those that you edit yourself, and many that you won’t find on your iPhone by default. If you want to step it up with your emojis, here are the best iPhone emoji keyboard apps.
Fix your MacBook keyboard problems with the ingenious Unshaky app
Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers continue to experience problems with its design, as recently highlighted in The Wall Street Journals's damning column penned by the ever-amusing, unapologetic Joanna Stern.
The best swipe keyboards for iPhone and iPad
Keyboards that offer a swipe feature are handy, helpful, and let you type faster than ever. Instead of hitting each key separately, you simply use your finger to swipe through the letters to create your words. These types of keyboards are great if you haven’t yet mastered the two-thumb typing.
If you’re in the market for a new keyboard and are interested in swiping, these are the best swipe keyboards for iPhone and iPad.
Popular Apple Watch apps start adding integration with FlickType gestural keyboard
FlickType Keyboard, a third-party software keyboard for Apple Watch that we reviewed last November, today launched an SDK for third-party integration and several popular apps have already been updated with support for FlickType.