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Swiftkey had released Swiftmoji predictive emoji keyboard on Android in beta in May this year. Now, the popular third party keyboard app has officially launched the Swiftmoji on Android and iOS.
Swiftmoji offers emoji predictions based on what you have typed. It only supports English language use for now. Swiftmoji is SwiftKey’s first product since Microsoft acquired the popular keyboard earlier this year. The main aim of the keyboard is to make emojis easily accessible. The Swiftmoji keyboard is similar to any other QWERTY keyboard and offers word predictions and gesture typing.
Swiftkey says Swiftmoji on iOS is an emoji keyboard, whereas Swiftmoji on Android is a full keyboard replacement. On Android, the Emoji Prediction Row or Bubble is present on top that shows the emojis based on your text. The idea is to basically offer emojis at the forefront instead of letting you search for them manually.
SwiftKey’s predictive emoji keyboard Swiftmoji officially launched for Android and iOS
Swiftmoji offers emoji predictions based on what you have typed. It only supports English language use for now. Swiftmoji is SwiftKey’s first product since Microsoft acquired the popular keyboard earlier this year. The main aim of the keyboard is to make emojis easily accessible. The Swiftmoji keyboard is similar to any other QWERTY keyboard and offers word predictions and gesture typing.
Swiftkey says Swiftmoji on iOS is an emoji keyboard, whereas Swiftmoji on Android is a full keyboard replacement. On Android, the Emoji Prediction Row or Bubble is present on top that shows the emojis based on your text. The idea is to basically offer emojis at the forefront instead of letting you search for them manually.
SwiftKey’s predictive emoji keyboard Swiftmoji officially launched for Android and iOS
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Talk about autocorrect fails: most of them are meant to be funny and awkward, but perhaps that’s not the case with the recent SwiftKeyglitch. Earlier this week, some SwiftKey users started reporting that their keyboard was suggesting random foreign words and even unfamiliar email addresses. Awkward indeed.In response to the leak SwiftKey has suspended cloud syncing temporarily.
Last weekend, a Reddit user posted a series of screenshots showing his SwiftKey keyboard doing something odd: despite being set to English, the keyboard was suggesting random German word predictions as well as a completely unfamiliar email address. Judging by the comments on this thread, this Reddit user wasn’t the only one plagued by the glitch.
With personal words and phrases, email addresses, and phone numbers being synced to a stranger’s phone half-way across the world, this seemingly harmless bug potentially meant a huge security issue.
SwiftKey responded to the reports in a short blog post, acknowledging the problems and explaining that only a small fraction of users are affected by the glitch. In the meantime, however, the Microsoft-owned company is temporarily suspending cloud syncing and will be updating its system to remove email predictions.
The company claims that the error is simply due to a bug in the keyboard’s synchronization program, which “did not pose a security issue for our customers.” Yet when personal information such as contact details are being leaked, it’s hard not to see it was a security issue, especially when SwiftKey is used by both Android and iOS users.
While this did not pose a security issue for our customers, we have turned off the cloud sync service and have updated our applications to remove email address predictions.
SwiftKey’s leak isn’t anything new in the virtual keyboard world: last year, there was a huge kerfuffle over Samsung’s keyboard and its security (or the lack thereof). It was estimated that over 600 million devices were affected by the security flaw in Samsung’s keyboard. As cloud technology becomes more integrated into our lives, the question of security must also be answered.
With major companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple already offering cloud-based services – and with Samsung’s own cloud service allegedly launching with the Galaxy Note7 – it’d be interesting to see how the discourse on security develops as well.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-suspends-service-data-leak-706680/
Last weekend, a Reddit user posted a series of screenshots showing his SwiftKey keyboard doing something odd: despite being set to English, the keyboard was suggesting random German word predictions as well as a completely unfamiliar email address. Judging by the comments on this thread, this Reddit user wasn’t the only one plagued by the glitch.
With personal words and phrases, email addresses, and phone numbers being synced to a stranger’s phone half-way across the world, this seemingly harmless bug potentially meant a huge security issue.
SwiftKey responded to the reports in a short blog post, acknowledging the problems and explaining that only a small fraction of users are affected by the glitch. In the meantime, however, the Microsoft-owned company is temporarily suspending cloud syncing and will be updating its system to remove email predictions.
The company claims that the error is simply due to a bug in the keyboard’s synchronization program, which “did not pose a security issue for our customers.” Yet when personal information such as contact details are being leaked, it’s hard not to see it was a security issue, especially when SwiftKey is used by both Android and iOS users.
While this did not pose a security issue for our customers, we have turned off the cloud sync service and have updated our applications to remove email address predictions.
SwiftKey’s leak isn’t anything new in the virtual keyboard world: last year, there was a huge kerfuffle over Samsung’s keyboard and its security (or the lack thereof). It was estimated that over 600 million devices were affected by the security flaw in Samsung’s keyboard. As cloud technology becomes more integrated into our lives, the question of security must also be answered.
With major companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple already offering cloud-based services – and with Samsung’s own cloud service allegedly launching with the Galaxy Note7 – it’d be interesting to see how the discourse on security develops as well.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-suspends-service-data-leak-706680/
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Last month, SwiftKey rolled out an update that disabled account syncing. It seems that there was a bug in the previous update that led to a number of eyebrow-raising mixups. The predictive keyboard synced up with incorrect accounts, meaning some users were prompted with autocomplete suggestions drawn from strangers’ typing habits. This led to some users uncovering personal information like email addresses or contact information.
By all accounts, SwiftKey jumped on this problem quickly, disabling account sync entirely before harm could be done. Swiftkey says that this particular problem only affected a few users, but the concern was great enough that the team decided to shut down account syncing across the board rather than risk a large kerfuffle.
Now it looks like the developers have isolated the root of this issue and pulled it out. The latest update to the keyboard returns account sync, so soon you’ll be able to type away with predictive force on all of your logged-in devices.
The rollout only just began, so it might not be ready for your device just yet. You can check and see by tapping the button below to snag SwiftKey from the Google Play Store.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-update-fixes-privacy-leak-708624/
By all accounts, SwiftKey jumped on this problem quickly, disabling account sync entirely before harm could be done. Swiftkey says that this particular problem only affected a few users, but the concern was great enough that the team decided to shut down account syncing across the board rather than risk a large kerfuffle.
Now it looks like the developers have isolated the root of this issue and pulled it out. The latest update to the keyboard returns account sync, so soon you’ll be able to type away with predictive force on all of your logged-in devices.
The rollout only just began, so it might not be ready for your device just yet. You can check and see by tapping the button below to snag SwiftKey from the Google Play Store.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-update-fixes-privacy-leak-708624/
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Swiftkey, the popular third-party keyboard app which suspended its cloud sync feature back in April on the back of data breach report, has started updating the app with new cloud sync feature. The updated app being rolled out in phases re-enables the cloud sync features.
The new Android app version 6.3.9.79, however, is not available in all regions and could take some time to reach all Swiftkey users across the globe.
The SwiftKey cloud sync has been an important feature for Swiftkey users, which enables seamless text and emoji prediction. Back in April, Swiftkey users reported the app was sending other users’ predictive texts onto their devices. The bug led to Swiftkey populating someone’s prediction and mismatching with other users’ email address.
Post confirmation of the big, SwiftKey suspended its cloud sync feature. SwiftKey posted in its blog post, “This week, a few of our customers noticed unexpected predictions where unfamiliar terms, and in some rare cases emails, appeared when using their mobile phone. We are working quickly to resolve this inconvenience.”
While the issue looked strange, SwiftKey confirmed that the bug did not post a security risk for its users.
SwiftKey is the most popular alternate keyboard app for Android and iOS. The keyboard app was recently purchased by Microsoft for $250 million in cash. SwiftKey also offers several beta apps powered by neural networks and another beta app only to test the emoji prediction of its system.
SwiftKey relies heavily on user behaviour for its next word prediction algorithm and cloud sync was one of the most important feature available with the app.
SwiftKey for Android update re-enables cloud sync feature | The Indian Express
The new Android app version 6.3.9.79, however, is not available in all regions and could take some time to reach all Swiftkey users across the globe.
The SwiftKey cloud sync has been an important feature for Swiftkey users, which enables seamless text and emoji prediction. Back in April, Swiftkey users reported the app was sending other users’ predictive texts onto their devices. The bug led to Swiftkey populating someone’s prediction and mismatching with other users’ email address.
Post confirmation of the big, SwiftKey suspended its cloud sync feature. SwiftKey posted in its blog post, “This week, a few of our customers noticed unexpected predictions where unfamiliar terms, and in some rare cases emails, appeared when using their mobile phone. We are working quickly to resolve this inconvenience.”
While the issue looked strange, SwiftKey confirmed that the bug did not post a security risk for its users.
SwiftKey is the most popular alternate keyboard app for Android and iOS. The keyboard app was recently purchased by Microsoft for $250 million in cash. SwiftKey also offers several beta apps powered by neural networks and another beta app only to test the emoji prediction of its system.
SwiftKey relies heavily on user behaviour for its next word prediction algorithm and cloud sync was one of the most important feature available with the app.
SwiftKey for Android update re-enables cloud sync feature | The Indian Express
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SwiftKey Beta is getting a new update that brings important features and bug fixes. The popular third party keyboard has released an update that bumps the beta app to version 6.4.1.
First up, the new beta releases focuses on fixing sync service and predictions. Number, email and other predictions containing ‘@’ are turned back on. It must be noted that all previously learned number, email and @ predictions have been deleted, but can now be relearned.
Secondly, the update adds support for all the new emojis in Android 7.0 Nougat which is a great move by SwiftKey and will be welcomed by all the users. Diverse emojis with different skin tones are also available. SwiftKey says that it may take up to 24 hours for the latest beta release to appear on your phone.
It will be great if SwiftKey brings all the aforementioned updates to its stable app soon.
SwiftKey 6.4.1 beta brings Android Nougat emojis, fixes number and email predictions
First up, the new beta releases focuses on fixing sync service and predictions. Number, email and other predictions containing ‘@’ are turned back on. It must be noted that all previously learned number, email and @ predictions have been deleted, but can now be relearned.
Secondly, the update adds support for all the new emojis in Android 7.0 Nougat which is a great move by SwiftKey and will be welcomed by all the users. Diverse emojis with different skin tones are also available. SwiftKey says that it may take up to 24 hours for the latest beta release to appear on your phone.
It will be great if SwiftKey brings all the aforementioned updates to its stable app soon.
SwiftKey 6.4.1 beta brings Android Nougat emojis, fixes number and email predictions
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Starting today, SwiftKey Keyboard on Android will be powered by a neural network.
Back in October 2015 SwiftKey released a standalone keyboard, called SwiftKey Neural, that changed the way the popular keyboard app made predictions. Now, instead of residing only in a separate keyboard app, this neural network technology is being folded into the standard SwiftKey Keyboard for Android we all know and love. This big update is being rolled out to Google Play as we speak.
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So how will this change how SwiftKey predicts words? Here’s a very simplified explanation: instead of simply looking at the previous two words to suggest the next word you might use, this new neural network technology will look at the whole sentence to better suggest words you might want to use. For instance, older versions of SwiftKey might have suggested the word ‘first’, based solely on the two words ‘for the’ at the end of a sentence fragment. Now SwiftKey will look at the whole sentence. So if you type ‘We’re excited for the’, SwiftKey will now suggest a word like ‘party’, instead of ‘first’, which wouldn’t make much sense in context of the whole sentence. The SwiftKey team elaborates:
Further, it understands that “Let’s meet at the airport” has a similar sentence structure to “Let’s chat at the office”. This intelligence allows SwiftKey to offer you the most appropriate prediction or autocorrection based on the sentence being typed.
If you already have SwiftKey installed, head to the Google Play Store to update to the latest version. If you still need to give SwiftKey a try, follow the link below for the download. The company says it’ll be rolling out neural networks in its US English and UK English language models, with more languages to come.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-keyboard-neural-network-716750/
Back in October 2015 SwiftKey released a standalone keyboard, called SwiftKey Neural, that changed the way the popular keyboard app made predictions. Now, instead of residing only in a separate keyboard app, this neural network technology is being folded into the standard SwiftKey Keyboard for Android we all know and love. This big update is being rolled out to Google Play as we speak.
The best keyboard apps for Android
So how will this change how SwiftKey predicts words? Here’s a very simplified explanation: instead of simply looking at the previous two words to suggest the next word you might use, this new neural network technology will look at the whole sentence to better suggest words you might want to use. For instance, older versions of SwiftKey might have suggested the word ‘first’, based solely on the two words ‘for the’ at the end of a sentence fragment. Now SwiftKey will look at the whole sentence. So if you type ‘We’re excited for the’, SwiftKey will now suggest a word like ‘party’, instead of ‘first’, which wouldn’t make much sense in context of the whole sentence. The SwiftKey team elaborates:
Further, it understands that “Let’s meet at the airport” has a similar sentence structure to “Let’s chat at the office”. This intelligence allows SwiftKey to offer you the most appropriate prediction or autocorrection based on the sentence being typed.
If you already have SwiftKey installed, head to the Google Play Store to update to the latest version. If you still need to give SwiftKey a try, follow the link below for the download. The company says it’ll be rolling out neural networks in its US English and UK English language models, with more languages to come.
http://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-keyboard-neural-network-716750/
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SwiftKey Beta just got a pretty big update, for those of you that are using the beta version of the keyboard, you’ve probably noticed quite a few changes in the latest update. Although the majority of these changes are in regards to languages. The biggest change is perhaps in regards to the Neural Network, which French, German and Spanish have been added. That’s in addition to English (US) which is what launched on the stable version of the keyboard earlier this month. SwiftKey Beta also has four new languages including Sindhi Pakistan, Pashto, Scottish Gaelic and Uyghur. Finally, on the subject of languages, this update allows you to use up to 5 languages at once. This is helpful for those that use several different languages on a daily basis.
That’s not all that’s new though. SwiftKey Beta also makes it possible to toggle on or off the key press popups, there’s a new setting in the tablet layout to toggle the dedicated emoji key which is on the left of the space bar, no more red underlines when typing in multiple languages and finally the bottom row is now visible on stroke, emoji, arrow and landscape layouts. The majority of these changes are somewhat small fixes, and changes that most people won’t even notice, but they are definitely helpful.
With these new languages coming to the neural network on the beta version of SwiftKey, it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility to see them arrive on the stable version next. These languages could come to SwiftKey very soon, or it could be a few weeks or months before they arrive. This mostly depends on how stable they are, and if there are any issues with them. Hence why they are in the beta version of SwiftKey right now.
Unlike other beta apps on the Google Play Store, SwiftKey Beta is actually a standalone app. Instead of being a beta track in the regular SwiftKey app. You can download it from Google Play, down below. But what this means is that users are able to run these two keyboards side-by-side if they wish to do so.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/latest-swiftkey-beta-adds-new-languages-neural-network.html
That’s not all that’s new though. SwiftKey Beta also makes it possible to toggle on or off the key press popups, there’s a new setting in the tablet layout to toggle the dedicated emoji key which is on the left of the space bar, no more red underlines when typing in multiple languages and finally the bottom row is now visible on stroke, emoji, arrow and landscape layouts. The majority of these changes are somewhat small fixes, and changes that most people won’t even notice, but they are definitely helpful.
With these new languages coming to the neural network on the beta version of SwiftKey, it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility to see them arrive on the stable version next. These languages could come to SwiftKey very soon, or it could be a few weeks or months before they arrive. This mostly depends on how stable they are, and if there are any issues with them. Hence why they are in the beta version of SwiftKey right now.
Unlike other beta apps on the Google Play Store, SwiftKey Beta is actually a standalone app. Instead of being a beta track in the regular SwiftKey app. You can download it from Google Play, down below. But what this means is that users are able to run these two keyboards side-by-side if they wish to do so.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/latest-swiftkey-beta-adds-new-languages-neural-network.html
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A big update is rolling out to the SwiftKey Beta channel today. How big? I'm worried Artem might actually explode from the overwhelming joy. SwitfKey Beta now supports incognito mode, so it won't remember you typing private things. There's also support for text expansion, which can save you a whole lot of keystrokes. And that's not all!
Here's the changelog for the latest beta.
New
Incognito Mode
Shortcuts / Text expansion
Switch to Latin layout when in password/email field
All arrow keys can be accessed on main layout on tablets
Fixed
Red underline issue for some locales and Android N
You can now use the virtual keyboard on Android N when connected to a BT/physical keyboard
Incognito mode is accessed from the quick settings in the keyboard. When enabled, you get a crazy dark theme with a mask in the background (see top). While in incognito, the keyboard won't learn any new words or save your data. You can still access personal data that you've added, like the new text expansion items. You'll find this in the clipboard settings menu. Just add some text and include a shortcut. When you type the shortcut, the main suggestion will be the text you entered. Just hit space bar to insert it.
Those who use SwiftKey on tablets will also be happy to know that there's now an option to include the full arrow key row at the bottom. Previously, you could turn on extended layout, but that only showed the left and right arrows. You can expect all these features to arrive in the stable version of the app in a few weeks. In the meantime, why not live on the wild side?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/13/swiftkey-beta-updated-text-expansion-shortcuts-incognito-mode/
Here's the changelog for the latest beta.
New
Incognito Mode
Shortcuts / Text expansion
Switch to Latin layout when in password/email field
All arrow keys can be accessed on main layout on tablets
Fixed
Red underline issue for some locales and Android N
You can now use the virtual keyboard on Android N when connected to a BT/physical keyboard
Incognito mode is accessed from the quick settings in the keyboard. When enabled, you get a crazy dark theme with a mask in the background (see top). While in incognito, the keyboard won't learn any new words or save your data. You can still access personal data that you've added, like the new text expansion items. You'll find this in the clipboard settings menu. Just add some text and include a shortcut. When you type the shortcut, the main suggestion will be the text you entered. Just hit space bar to insert it.
Those who use SwiftKey on tablets will also be happy to know that there's now an option to include the full arrow key row at the bottom. Previously, you could turn on extended layout, but that only showed the left and right arrows. You can expect all these features to arrive in the stable version of the app in a few weeks. In the meantime, why not live on the wild side?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/13/swiftkey-beta-updated-text-expansion-shortcuts-incognito-mode/
