SwiftKey Keyboard App for Android Gets an Update to Re-Enable Cloud Sync
Advertisement
By Ketan Pratap | Updated: 9 August 2016 12:04 IST
Highlights
SwiftKey for Android is now re-enabling cloud sync
There is no word when the update will be available to iOS users
SwiftKey suspended cloud sync after reports of unexpected predictions
SwiftKey keyboard app, which suspended its cloud sync services at the
beginning of this month, has finally started rolling out an update that
fixes the issue. A new Android app version v6.3.9.79 is now steadily
rolling out to users and re-enables the cloud sync feature.
Unfortunately,
the new app update is not available in all regions and it could take
few days for the app update to reach all users.
Several users
shared their experience after updating the SwiftKey app on the official forum and
confirmed that the app update made the "sync work again." SwiftKey writes on the forum, "This
version is on a slow roll out, so you may not get it today."
For
SwiftKey users, with the cloud sync feature working again means that
they will start getting word as well as number and mail predictions
while typing using the app.
Earlier this month, SwiftKey keyboard
app was reported to be leaking email addresses and mobile numbers of some users, and as a
countermeasure, the Microsoft-owned firm turned off its cloud sync
service. Several SwiftKey keyboard app users reported they saw different
mobile numbers and email addresses as suggestions despite never syncing
them.
The SwiftKey team took to its blog to detail the issue and
acknowledged that a few customers noticed unexpected predictions which
led them to turn off the cloud sync service and also remove email
address predictions. Despite multiple reports claiming that SwiftKey may
have leaked details, the company stressed that the "vast majority of
SwiftKey users were not affected" by the issue.
YouTube to Revise Monetisation Policy to Target Mass-Produced and Repetitive Content4 July 2025
Search
![Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: News of the Week [July 5, 2025]](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2025-07/on2ghsbc_news-of-the-week_160x120_05_July_25.jpg?downsize=180:*)
