With the release of iOS 8, third-party extensions will now -- finally -- be allowed on Apple's mobile devices. This brings one feature that Apple users have been begging for: third-party keyboards, ...

With iOS 8, iPhone and iPad owners for the first time ever can replace Apple’s default virtual keyboard with a third-party alternative. Doing so — with keyboards made by SwiftKey, Swype, Fleksy and ...

iOS power-users, the Android-envy can stop now: Third-party keyboards have arrived. While the majority of iOS users likely find the default iOS keyboard works just fine, other alternative keyboards ...

The world’s fastest keyboard is speeding onto iOS 8 faster than Jony Ive’s fabulous Bentley. Third-party keyboards were only revealed two days ago for iOS 8 but it is taking developers no time at all ...

After a long beta testing period (which apparently wasn't long enough) that began at WWDC, Apple finally released iOS 8 to the public earlier this month. The new software adds tons of great new ...

When it launched the iPhone in 2007, Apple essentially created the touchscreen keyboard as we all now know it. But until 2014, Apple’s own built-in keyboard was the only game in town for iPhone. Then, ...

In the wake of the slew of software announcements at WWDC this week, you may have missed one of the more notable gems to emerge from the annual developer event: third-party keyboards are going ...

my beef with the 3rd party keyboards is that they intermittently don't come up when a text input box is present. most commonly for the spotlight(?) search for me. what I think I really want, is for ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

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