<s>
Microsoft	B-Device
SwiftKey	I-Device
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
app	B-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
TouchType	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
following	O
Apple	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
third-party	O
keyboard	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
uses	O
machine	O
learning	O
to	O
predict	O
text	O
inputs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
supporting	O
swipe	O
gestures	O
and	O
docking	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
behind	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Jon	O
Reynolds	O
,	O
Ben	O
Medlock	O
and	O
Chris	O
Hill-Scott	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
announced	O
a	O
series	O
B	O
finance	O
round	O
totalling	O
$17.5	O
million	O
and	O
led	O
by	O
Index	O
Ventures	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Octopus	O
Investments	O
and	O
Accel	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
hired	O
James	O
Bromley	O
as	O
COO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
$250	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
app	B-Application
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Device
SwiftKey	I-Device
to	O
reflect	O
its	O
present	O
ownership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
terminating	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
a	O
reversal	O
of	O
its	O
decision	O
to	O
discontinue	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
relisted	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
promising	O
future	O
updates	O
for	O
the	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
cited	O
"	O
customer	O
feedback	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
reason	O
for	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
return	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
Prediction	O
Engine	O
allows	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
learn	O
from	O
usage	O
and	O
improve	O
predictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feature	B-Architecture
allows	O
the	O
tool	O
to	O
improve	O
with	O
usage	O
,	O
learning	O
from	O
SMS	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
RSS	O
feed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
in	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Market	I-Application
on	O
14	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
supporting	O
seven	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
settings	O
to	O
adjust	O
audio	O
feedback	O
volume	B-Algorithm
and	O
length	O
of	O
haptic	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
vibration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
official	O
website	O
on	O
15	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
that	O
a	O
Japanese	O
version	O
was	O
out	O
in	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
registered	O
on	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
VIP	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
download	B-Application
the	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
X	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Market	I-Application
as	O
an	O
upgrade	B-General_Concept
to	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
new	O
and	O
updated	O
features	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
X	O
introduced	O
a	O
dedicated	O
app	B-Application
for	O
tablets	O
,	O
called	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
Tablet	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
3	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
21	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
4	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
20	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
5	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
6	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
7.0	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
released	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
application	O
on	O
30	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
called	O
Swiftkey	B-Device
Note	O
,	O
which	O
incorporates	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
predictive	O
typing	O
technology	O
as	O
a	O
custom	O
toolbar	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
regular	O
iOS	B-Application
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
enables	O
and	O
supports	O
third-party	O
keyboards	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
confirmed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
keyboard	O
replacement	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
system	O
keyboard	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
QuickPath	O
mechanism	O
,	O
which	O
works	O
similarly	O
to	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
swiping	O
feature	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
deprecated	O
in	O
September	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
Keyboard	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
launched	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
includes	O
the	O
word	O
prediction	O
and	O
auto-correction	B-Protocol
features	O
,	O
familiar	O
to	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
product	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
Cloud	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	O
sync	O
and	O
personalization	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
color	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
in	O
the	O
free	O
US	O
App	B-Application
Store	O
charts	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
confirmed	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	B-Application
more	O
than	O
1	O
million	O
times	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
SDK	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
developers	B-Application
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
and	O
programming	O
languages	O
to	O
access	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
's	O
core	O
language-engine	O
technology	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
UI	B-Application
or	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
released	O
a	O
specialized	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
keyboard	O
called	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
Healthcare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
devices	O
that	O
offers	O
next-word	O
predictions	O
based	O
on	O
real-world	O
clinical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
Healthcare	O
won	O
the	O
Appsters	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Enterprise	O
App	B-Application
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
released	O
a	O
keyboard	O
that	O
emulated	O
William	O
Shakespeare	O
's	O
speech	O
called	O
ShakeSpeak	O
in	O
observance	O
of	O
the	O
400th	O
year	O
of	O
the	O
author	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
co-developed	O
with	O
VisitLondon.com	O
to	O
promote	O
more	O
tourism	O
to	O
the	O
metropolitan	O
area	O
of	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
integration	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
October	O
2018	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
these	O
features	O
were	O
later	O
removed	O
from	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
May	O
2020	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
NowSecure	B-Application
reported	O
a	O
vulnerability	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
pre-installed	O
on	O
Samsung	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
issue	O
occurred	O
when	O
the	O
keyboard	O
attempts	O
to	O
update	O
its	O
language	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
SwiftKey	B-Device
users	O
began	O
reporting	O
that	O
the	O
app	B-Application
was	O
displaying	O
personal	O
details	O
as	O
suggested	O
words	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
previous	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
responded	O
by	O
disabling	O
cloud	O
sync	O
for	O
word	O
suggestions	O
and	O
released	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
mitigate	O
the	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SwiftKey	B-Device
has	O
received	O
multiple	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
