The now Microsoft-owned keyboard app for Android is still going through some growing pains.
Note: SwiftKey has pushed another update claiming that the sync service issue is fixed and is re-enabling number/email and @ predictions. The change log also says all previously learned predictions from those types have been deleted and can be relearned.
SwiftKey had an issue arise in July with some users getting the predictions of other people, including names and email addresses. Today, SwiftKey has pushed out an update claiming the "sync service is fixed."
SwiftKey disabled a number of syncing and prediction features in late July while they worked to fix the issue. While some features appear to be working again with the most recent update, it appears some learning features still throw errors. Email and number predictions have been turned back on, so you can start repopulating those portions of your predictions library.
The fixes may be in, but we're not back to normal just yet. If you account was affected, are you seeing any predictions from your old library? Are you still seeing any extra languages? Tell us in the comments below!
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SwiftKey says sync errors fixed in latest update
Got tired of waiting and last week's it's working, then it's disabled again updates. The predictions were working on the beta version, so I'll stick with that now.
I'm still using it as I do that see any other product the same features; email and personal phrase suggestions, easily adds the words as you type.,etc. I'm sure they worked as quickly as possible to fix things.
So glad they fixed the issue where email addresses weren't being predicted. Now I don't have to type out my long email address lol
I really like to love the Google Keyboard as much as all of you here, but support and functionality for Filipino and Spanish (and most other non English languages) is just laughable compared to SwiftKey or even BlackBerry Keyboard I shoehorned to the Xperia I have.
Bumabalik pa rin ako sa Swiftkey dahil madaling magsulat sa iba't ibang linggwahe al mismo tiempo a diferencia de Google del teclado que utiliza un teclado separado para cada idioma.
(I still go to back to SwiftKey because it's easy to type in multiple languages simultaneously unlike Google Keyboard which uses a separate keyboard for each language.)
Swiftkey works perfect for me.no problems.
No number row on the Google keyboard is a deal breaker for me.
You would think they would have added that feature by now. It's one of, if not the main feature almost everyone says keeps them on Swiftkey.
You can add a number row. Make a custom keyboard, just turn on PC mode.
Sorry for my English. I'm lazy.
i don't see those options in Google keyboard.
I thought there was a way to add it? But it light not be as easy to add as on SwiftKey
Ditto! Also the punctuation swipe is so handy and I've gotten so used to it that it just feels weird on the Google keyboard.
Also I had no idea of this issue before the update...
Is the Note 7 serous lag issue fixed?
I think so. The Install page says they pushed an update for the S7e, and when I got that update it definitely helped. I'm on the Note 7 now and I don't really have any lag. I can type pretty fast now
Lol, did they pay you guys to run this again? Should have wiped out the comments maybe.
I doubt they payed them lol
The latest beta update brings back email predictions again so I'm guessing it won't be long before it gets fixed in the official app...
Glad to see they've fixed the issue. When it comes to predictions (text and emoji), along with customization, SwiftKey is second to none. One of the the 1st things I install on all my devices.
Still love my SwiftKey. Works almost as well as the BlackBerry version but would be nice to have the flick suggestions (not someone else's, of course) back, though.
I like SwiftKey more than some of the other keyboards, not as much my old Blackberry's keyboard. One reason is the split keyboard in landscape (for my LG V10). Last night I noticed a update for SwiftKey which stated the predictions had been reactivated. Problem is there was another update this morning which said they are disabled again. Maybe time to look around again. Anyone know of a good keyboard with a available split layout besides Chrome?
Just to let you know, SwiftKey has a split keyboard option in landscape. The layout can be one type in portrait and a different one in landscape.
I still use Google keyboard tried Swift key just not for me even LG built in keyboard i don't even use.
Google's native keyboard is so good now that these 3rd party keyboards are basically useless.
For many people they are, but SwiftKey still offers features that no one else has. They're features to I prioritize over others, which is why I haven't been able to leave SwiftKey yet, even though it occasionally drives me crazy lol.
For me Swiftkey has always had better prediction than Google's keyboard, not to mention a dedicated number row and being able to swipe on the period key to get different punctuations. I try the google keyboard every once in awhile and while it works better in Hangouts the pros of Swiftkey always win out.
They turned on sync for me last week, but they're eight about email addresses not being predicted. It's been driving me crazy because I chose dumb, long email address when I was a kid and I hate having to type it out all the time lol. At least now I know why it hasn't been working.
Is anyone else seeing an issue where, when you tap the comma key, you get a period instead? It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen enough to be annoying.
That hasn't happened to me so far.
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I switched from Swiftkey to Google’s own keyboard app a few months ago just to check it out. Found it to be surprisingly robust. I couldn’t think of a reason to go back to Swiftkey. And after this fiasco, there’s no way.
No number row kills it for me.
I had to drop SK bc it doesn't play nice with samsung browser. Using stock again
+1M
The number row is still there in options.
Add a custom input in the preferences and use the PC layout. Tadaa numbers row
If the Google keyboard did automatic language switching like SwiftKey does, I'd stick to that one. Alas, that one single feature keeps me going back to SK. That and maybe emoji prediction.
I can literally never trust them again. So it's never being reinstalled.
Everything gets hacked sooner or later.
A bit dramatic, no?
Very much.
Geez, chill out man. They messed up, they're fixing it. Happens to everyone.