Last year, Microsoft announced that it would end support for SwiftKey on iPhone, then a few weeks later it backtracked and asked users to “stay tuned” for the arrival of new features. The company has now delivered on its promise with a new update that, perhaps unsurprisingly, integrates its ubiquitous Bing AI chatbot into the predictive keyboard app.
There are three components to SwiftKey’s new Bing integration: Search, Chat, and Tone. As the names of the first two features suggest, users can now search the web without leaving the app and chat with Bing to ask additional queries and questions. Microsoft says the features can be used when you’re talking to a friend and want to search for something in the middle of a conversation, for example.
The third function, Tone, is more clever. It’s designed to make it easier and more effective for users to communicate by allowing Bing to act as an editor and rephrase text to suit a desired tone.
As Microsoft describes, “Whether you’re struggling to be formal in your work emails, or you’re learning a new language and want help with the nuances of word choice, the Tone feature has you covered, with tones to make your words sound more professional, casual, polite, or concise enough for a social message.”
After the SwiftKey update, users will see a Bing icon above the keyboard and tapping it will bring up the three new features. Anyone can use the search feature, but accessing Tone and Chat requires users to sign in to their Microsoft account, which must be approved to access the new Bing preview.
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