Swype Update Brings Multiple Layouts, Bilingual Support, New Theme And More

Swype update brings multiple layouts, bilingual support, new theme and more

BY Rajesh Pandey

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Published 6 Nov 2013

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SwiftKey is not the only keyboard on the Play Store getting a major update today. The folks over at Nuance Communication have released a new update for Swype that adds quite a lot of new features and enhancements.

Firstly, there are support for new keyboard modes including Split and mini, for easier typing on phablets and tablets. Secondly, and perhaps a major new feature for many, is bilingual support allowing Swype users to simultaneously use two dictionaries at once.

New Swype features:
Bilingual
Split and Mini keyboards for phablets
Punctuation prediction
New theme (“Blackbird”)
Combined secondary and tertiary menus
Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Accessibility support
Search gesture
Bug fixes reported by users
You can adjust:
Long-press delay
Vibration duration
Keyboard height
Keyboard layouts
Word list font size
-New Dragon Dictation features
Phrase-based, real-time results
Dictation language independent of keyboard language

As you can see, the update has a pretty huge change-log and adds most of the requested features from long time Swype users. Head over to the Play Store to download the update right away.