Do you like Swype’s accuracy, but miss the ability to use the Google’s voice input? Do you long for the predictive next-word selection that Swiftkey has? Do you want to use iOS 6′s emoji input on your Android? This isn’t just a pipe dream, as the Kii Keyboard brings the best features of other keyboards into one amazing little free application.
While you are required to enable the Swype and Google voice input features, once you do, the keyboard is the perfect blend.
Kii Keyboard also pops up instantly on my HTC EVO 4G LTE. Other keyboards, like my beloved Swype, seem to like making me wait when I want to do something. It’s nice and fast, and makes me feel like I’m not waiting for no reason.
There are several layouts you can choose from, skins that should match most flavors of Android out there (you can also make your own), 34 languages, the option to force arrows or numbers or both to always be visible, and tons of other features.
Kii Keyboard will eventually have both a free and a premium version, but right now, all the premium features are available in the beta, so it’s probably a good time to check this out to see if you’d be willing to pay for those features later on.
Download: Google Play
Me likes. A little slow for me loading up, interesting enough. But the features are great. I can remove the myriad of other keyboards I have now. Thanks!!
Really? It’s the fastest keyboard to pop up on my EVO. What are you running?
That’s one of the major appeals for me as it’s the only one I have that doesn’t seem to have an initial lag.
Running stock Jelly bean. So I tested again. It only seems to be slow on the first loadup when switching from another keyboard. That may be normal, but I’ve only noticed it with this keyboard. After that its fast however
Downloaded a few hours ago after initially reading this article. I think it’s a great app thus far. I was and still am a huge fan of the Swift keyboard, but with the inclusion of Swift-like features as well as the Swype and voice-to-text….this thing is pretty awesome. Plus , I really the customizability (dont think thats a word, but you get my point).
^ “I really like the customizability”
Downloaded this morning, everything was going good and then it decided to reset itself maybe 3 hours later (downloaded around 11am CST.) I reconfigured and so far so good. It just sucked that voice to text went out while I was on my 1 hour commute and I wasn’t about to mess around with it while driving.
I’m trying it out. SwiftKey stole my favor from swype. It’s going to be tough to let it go.
Thanks for the info! I really like the Swiftkey Flow Beta. Will be giving this a try.
Takes some getting used to, but I like it!