Android SwiftKey Keyboard Hits Version 5, Goes Free, Adds Premium Themes, A Store, New Emoji, And A Lot More

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Good news: if you've been holding out on buying the premium version of SwiftKey for some reason, it's now officially free. The former trial version is gone from the Play Store, leaving only the once-paid version of the keyboard for all to download and use.

SwiftKey told us that moving forward it's going to focus on having the release cycle halved, so oft-requested features will make it into finalized builds much faster. These quicker releases will be much more quality-focused, according to SK.

This also brings about a dramatic shift in the way SwiftKey will monetize. Instead of charging for the keyboard itself, the company has launched the SwiftKey Store (which you can find inside the app) where users can download new, premium themes – one of the longest-running requests from the majority of all SK users. Over 30 new free and paid themes are available at launch.

As a sort of thank you, the company is offering a Premier Pack with 10 new themes – a $4.99 value – to all current premium users free of charge. SwiftKey has also gotten a new default theme that is substantially less ugly than the former stock look.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...mium-themes-a-store-new-emoji-and-a-lot-more/
 
It is one of the best android keyboards ever and now it becoming free makes it even more sweet.

Time to go and get this now.
 
As a paid user, Meh.

So called premium themes were anyway available to the paid users.
 
The themes became available once I updated the app itself. The premier pack boasts of some nice lookin ones.
Got the app on discount and it has been one of the better app purchases I've made. Swiping in Hinglish is quite helpful!
 
I had bought the app from amazon app store. Now , i cant find updates for it anywhere . Neither in play store , nor in the amazon app store. :mad:
 
sandeepsachin said:
I had bought the app from amazon app store. Now , i cant find updates for it anywhere . Neither in play store , nor in the amazon app store. :mad:
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I have posted the way to get it on SD. Will post it here.

For those who bought the app from the Amazon store (Paid OR Coins OR Free App of the Day) :

Do the following (I did this and worked for me):

Install the app from the Amazon store, enable the keyboard, make it default, then enable the cloud feature on the app (you need to sign in with Google). Then, uninstall it. Then install the free version from the Google Play store, go through the procedures (enabline keyboard, default and cloud). Once you sign in to Swiftkey Cloud with your Google details, voila - it should show the premium pack for free.

Swiftkey has mentioned it here : http://support.swiftkey.net/knowl...les/375484 but no details on how to get the themes. Swiftkey support on Twitter :https://twitter.com/vivek_krishna...6985998336
 
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