But with no official word from the SwiftKey owner, we could only speculate the reason behind it. However, the online tech news outlet notes that the pull-out might have something to do with the policies of the Cupertino-based tech firm. Why is Microsoft Killing SwiftKey for iOS?Īs per a news story by ZDNet, Microsoft refused to explain why it is killing the iOS version of SwiftKey. It means that iPhone users could no longer download and install the keyboard software from the App Store. So some folks have assumed that it has been discontinued already, albeit no official word yet from its owner.īut this time, Microsoft has spoken, and it is officially discontinuing the Swiftkey for iOS. The last time Microsoft pushed an update for it was roughly more than a year already. The Verge notes in its report that numerous users of SwiftKey for iOS have been complaining that the keyboard software is no longer getting timely updates. And with no reason given, users can only speculate as to why Microsoft is consigning their long-running keyboard app to a slow death.The director of product management at SwiftKey, Chris Wolfe, says that "as of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end, and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store." The announcement comes just a week before the app is scheduled to be delisted from the iOS App Store. The above statement came from Chris Wolfe, Director of Product Management at SwiftKey. For those customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device. Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard. “As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store. The news comes in the form of an email to Senior Contributing Editor Mary Jo Foley replying to a query about why the iOS app hasn’t received an update in over a year. Microsoft plans to delist its SwiftKey predictive keyboard from the iOS App Store on October 5th, according to a report by ZDNet.
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