Enlarge / SwiftKey for iOS is getting Bing Chat assist. (credit score: Microsoft)

Six brief months in the past, it appeared like Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard for iPhones and iPads was lifeless. It appeared that method as a result of Microsoft had stated it was lifeless and went as far as to delist it from the App Retailer.

The subsequent month, with little clarification, the keyboard was re-listed on the App Retailer, and Microsoft execs hinted (with out getting particular) that there have been plans for creating it additional. The month after that, SwiftKey acquired its first boilerplate “bug fixes and efficiency enhancements” replace since August 2022.

Yesterday, SwiftKey for iOS acquired a significant characteristic replace—and since we’re speaking a few Microsoft product in 2023, the replace entails Bing’s AI-powered chatbot, which (together with different AI options) has rapidly made its method into Home windows, Edge, Skype, and different apps in the previous few months.