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SwiftKey for Android Gets for 11 Indian Languages, Improved Performance

SwiftKey for Android Gets for 11 Indian Languages, Improved Performance 1w223l

By Robin Sinha | Updated: 21 November 2014 11:51 IST

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SwiftKey has rolled out an update for its Android app that adds for 11 Indian languages that was earlier only available in the beta version. The update also improves the typing speed and overall performance of the popular third-party Qwerty keyboard. 48g5c

SwiftKey update includes for 11 new Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali and Sinhala. It is worth noting, that these new languages were released in a beta keyboard app for Android last month. The additional 11 Indian languages have resulted in a total of 81 ed languages on SwiftKey.

The update also brings performance improvements. SwiftKey for Android, would now take 15 to 20 percent lesser time to appear on the screen and 20 to 30 percent time has been cut down while the app disappears, as per the tests carried out by the firm. Also, the app will now let s switch between different fields faster by around 15 to 50 percent and type with faster response time of 10 to18 percent, said Steve Spence, Vice President of Engineering in a blog post announcing the update.

SwiftKey for Android's freemium version was launched back in June this year. Previously, the app charged Android s $3.99 (roughly Rs. 250).

SwiftKey's competitor, Swype iOS platform by adding 16 new languages and intuitive emoji . The app maker claims that with the new update, Swype will predict emojis based on the words s enter, and s six languages - English (UK and US), French, Italian, German and Spanish.

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