We had heard that SwiftyKey would be involved with the stock keyboard on the Galaxy S IV, but nothing was mentioned about it during the event. That is because it won’t be the SwiftKey keyboard exactly, but the the prediction engine itself. SwiftKey does have one of the top prediction engines, so this isn’t surprising.
Dr. Ben Medlock, co-founder and CTO of SwiftKey, said from the New York launch: “Following our great success with the SwiftKey 4 launch last month, we are excited to confirm that Samsung has chosen SwiftKey’s innovative keyboard technology to be at the heart of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. This is fantastic progress for our vision of bringing the best touchscreen typing experience to as many people as possible.”
As to why Samsung didn’t opt for the full experience, it’s because Samsung isn’t interested in “advertising” for any other brand but themselves. I say that in a good way because they are the top dog right now, so they don’t need those types of partnerships. If you’re a SwiftKey fan, you can still opt to download the keyboard and change it out. In fact, you can choose whatever keyboard you want if you so wish, which is what makes Android so special.
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