{"id":341350,"date":"2017-05-19T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/05\/18\/swiftkey-keyboard-design-language-update\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T00:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T16:00:02","slug":"swiftkey-keyboard-for-ios-gains-refreshed-design-animated-themes-and-support-for-68-new-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/swiftkey-keyboard-for-ios-gains-refreshed-design-animated-themes-and-support-for-68-new-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS Gains Refreshed Design, Animated Themes and Support for 68 New Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[unable to retrieve full-text content]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft-owned SwiftKey Keyboard app for iOS today received a major update, introducing a refreshed design, new animated themes, and support for 68 new languages, bringing the total number of languages supported to 106.<\/p>\n<p>SwiftKey&#8217;s entire look and feel has been overhauled, with the Nickel Light and Nickel Dark themes gaining a new, cleaner design with flatter, wider keys and a simpler color scheme. The app also has a new icon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/05\/swiftkeylanguages-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-565950\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNew animated themes are being added to SwiftKey, including &#8220;Cogs&#8221; and &#8220;Zig Zag,&#8221; both of which feature subtle animations underneath the keyboard keys. In total, SwiftKey says there are six new themes available for users to download.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/05\/swiftkeythemes-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-565951\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWith today&#8217;s update, SwiftKey says it supports more languages than any other iOS keyboard available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/app-store\/\">App Store<\/a>. The new language options can be accessed through the &#8220;Languages&#8221; section of the SwiftKey container app. Users can download multiple languages and SwiftKey will automatically detect the language being used, providing word predictions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Supporting the many different languages spoken by our users around the world and delivering the best multilingual typing experience has always been one of our goals &#8211; and a point of pride for the SwiftKey team. We&#8217;re incredibly excited to offer more language models than any other iOS keyboard available right now and we can&#8217;t wait for you to get your hands on them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appshopper.com\/utilities\/swiftkey-keyboard\">SwiftKey Keyboard<\/a> can be downloaded from the App Store for free. 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