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The company behind SwiftKey was founded in 2008 by Jon Reynolds, Ben Medlock and Chris Hill-Scott.

SwiftKey uses machine learning to predict text inputs, as well as supporting swipe gestures and docking features. It was first released for Android in July 2010, followed by an iOS release in September 2014 following Apple's implementation of third-party keyboard support. Microsoft SwiftKey is a virtual keyboard app originally developed by TouchType for Android and iOS devices. From 2012 to 2013, SwiftKey was the best-selling paid app on Google Play.IOS, Android, Windows 10 (versions 1809 to 1909) At the time it acquired SwiftKey, Microsoft officials said the keyboard and SDK-powered services were used on more than 300 million Android and iOS devices. At the time, Microsoft was on a buying spree, snapping up companies with strong iOS and Android presence in order to give Microsoft at least some kind of foothold in the mobile phone space. The Microsoft Phone Link team knows well that if Apple doesn't grant access to certain interfaces, there's no easy or good way to make a product which needs integration to work. I'm guessing the decision had as much to do with Apple's policies around safeguarding its walled garden as anything. I asked for the official reason why Microsoft had made this decision and was told officials had nothing more to say. For those customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device. Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard. "As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store. On September 28, a spokesperson emailed the following statement, attributable to Chris Wolfe, Director Product Management at SwiftKey: When a reader asked recently for an update on the situation, I asked Microsoft. A Reddit thread from a month ago highlighted the lack of updates to the app for more than a year. Questions about what's going on with Microsoft's support of the predictive SwifKey keyboard app for iOS have been bubbling up over the past few weeks.