Fingers Rejoice, Updated SwiftKey X v2.1 for Android Now Available

The updated SwiftKey X application, v2.1 is now officially ready and available for Android users everywhere. Version 2.1 brings touchscreen smartphone and tablet users a variety of new features and bug fixes sure to be a crowd pleaser.

Integrating valuable user insight from v2.0, the new SwiftKey adds blog personalization, insights about your typing, which can be shared with your buddies. Additional highlights include heat-map visualization, localization / language enhancements, and an auto caps toggle. User reports also note that typing speed and accuracy have significantly improved.

Pricing remains the same at $4.99 for SwiftKey Tablet X and $3.99 for SwiftKey X. Interested? Read on below for the full press release.

Update: SwiftKey X 2.1

September 30, 2011

The TouchType team’s been busy listening and taking feedback from its more than 25,000 VIP members since its public launch. They’re excited to tell you some of the company’s new updates going live today, Friday 9/30.

These updates include a robust number of new features that VIP members clamored for, as well as fixing a number of bugs. The latest version of SwiftKey X for Android Smartphones and Android Tablets will be available today, Friday 9/30.

New Features with Clear Benefits:

– Blog Personalization: In addition to support for Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, SwiftKey X can now intuitively learn your typing style from your blog posts
– New Insights Into Your Typing: Track how you type, keystrokes saved, words completed and typos/words corrected with SwiftKey X, then share your results with your friends via links.
– Heat-Map Visualization: See how SwiftKey models your typing accuracy to help tailor predictions more effectively. Share your visual results on how you use your keyboard.
– New Localization: Fully localized app support for more than 20 languages, including — French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
– New Languages: Support for predictions in five new languages; Bulgarian, Finnish, Greek, Slovenian and Ukrainian. This brings the app’s support to 33 total languages supported.
– Language Switching: Transition between two language keyboards by simply gesturing to the right or left on the spacebar.
– Autocaps Toggle: Now you can choose whether your sentences automatically begin with a capital letter or not.

And More Improvements:

– Alternative character selection: Now select special characters with a slide rather than a new tap (works for smileys too).
– Instant language updates: Refresh your language list to see new languages and new updates as soon as they are ready.
– Various layout and user interface usability improvements.
– General performance and memory usage improvements.