Being the second most populous country in the world and having multiple languages, India should have a special place in app developers’ hearts. Virtual keyboard SwiftKey has responded to requests from several users and in its latest beta update, they’re adding 13 new Indian languages and they’ve also come up with a special theme to celebrate Diwali, which is India’s biggest holiday.
If you’re one of those who requested for these additional languages, you need to join the Google Group for SwiftKey Beta for Android, follow the instructions and download the SwiftKey Beta app. Only then can you have the new languages which are: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Nepali and Sinhala. Hindi and Hinglish are already supported in the previous version of the app. The group is also intended to get feedback from users in their goal to make support for India-related features better.
And since Diwali or the festival of lights is just a few weeks away, SwiftKey has also come up with a keyboard theme to celebrate the occasion. The festival, which sometimes runs for weeks is a celebration of light over darkness and is celebrated in India and Indian nationals all over the world, even if they don’t practice Hinduism. It’s great to see apps like SwiftKey giving support to other languages and cultures as calls for diversity in media and technology continue to grow.
For non-Indian speakers, the beta update for SwiftKey also includes other updates, like changes in the SSL certificate to make SwiftKey Cloud’s Backup & Sync services more robust and changing the popup EULA with links at the bottom of the page. If you’re interested to enjoy all these new features, join the Google Group to download the beta version of SwiftKey.
SOURCE: SwiftKey
