Latest SwiftKey Beta Adds Support For 13 Local Indian Languages And More

Latest SwiftKey beta adds support for 13 local Indian languages and more

BY Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh is a 26-year old freelance writer from Kolkata, India. He loves to tinker around with his Android devices and flash custom ROMs on them....

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Published 9 Oct 2014

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The team behind SwiftKey today rolled out a new (v5.1) beta of their keyboard app for Android with support for 13 new local Indian languages.

The beta release is mainly focused towards Indian users and also includes a new Diwali inspired theme — a festival which is also known as the ‘Festival of Lights’ to many.

Check out the full list of local Indian languages supported in this beta release below.

Assamese
Bengali
Gujrati
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Oriya
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Nepali
Sinhala

SwiftKey is among the very few keyboard available on the Play Store that already has support for Hindi and Hinglish languages. The other minor changes in this update include a new SSL certificate for a robust connection to SwiftKey’s backup server and a quicker installation process.

With this new beta, SwiftKey is also switching to offering beta updates directly from the Play Store instead of releasing standalone APKs. You can enter the new beta group by joining this Google Group first followed by this beta program on the Play Store.

[Via SwiftKey]