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Using its own prediction engine, the keyboard will take into account the recipient of the text and in which app a user is typing. Users also will be able to share a quick video or a location easily, among other improvements.Īpple also said it will bring the "biggest changes to the keyboard since the very first iPhone" with new predictive typing in its QuickType keyboard. Analysts say texting is especially popular with users under the age of 30, but also in many emerging countries, while virtual keyboards have become a mainstay for writing short emails from a smartphone or tablet.Īpple certainly took note of the importance of messaging in its iOS 8 Preview online, noting its Messages app is "the app you use most." Apple plans to make it possible for iOS 8 users to capture any sound and add it to a text conversation. While recent news in keyboard upgrades might sound minor in the overall complexity of a new device, messaging is still the most heavily used app on a smartphone and the competition among vendors making predictive keyboard apps is aggressive. SwiftKey Keyboard now runs on 200,000 devices worldwide, the company said. Since its introduction in 2010, the SwiftKey Keyboard has spent more days on the highest paid app list in Google Play than any other app, SwiftKey said in announcing the free version.

SwiftKey previously introduced SwiftKey Note in January for iOS, allowing users to take advantage of SwiftKey's artificial intelligent innovations with note-taking on iPhones and iPads. SwiftKey said its predictive keyboards would be free on Android devices. Shortly after the Apple announcement on June 2, SwiftKey said it had already begun developing a SwiftKey Keyboard app for iOS 8.

The announcement came just nine days after Apple announced it will open its upcoming iOS 8 for iPads and iPhones to third-party keyboard apps, which will undoubtedly include keyboards from SwiftKey, Swype and a host of others.