We were pretty thrilled when Apple announced in June that it would be allowing developers to create custom keyboard for iOS. Following the longstanding embrace of Adaptxt by Android users, we welcomed a chance to bring our keyboard to Apple users who care about beautiful, functional software design as much as we do.
Now that iOS 8 has been here for a couple of weeks, the wait was clearly worth it. As Rene Ritchie at iMore notes in advising customers whether to upgrade to a new iPhone, “The ability to run iOS 8, and to be compatible with iOS 8 apps, is a major consideration.” Newer iPhones, of course, run iOS 8 best, but the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus offer even more screen space over which to let your fingers tap on or swipe across our efficient versatile keyboard. But as Joanna Stern notes in the Wall Street Journal, even older iPhones benefit a lot from the iOS 8 upgrade.
As it did when it first introduced the iPad, Apple has also optimized many of its apps for the new screen sizes. These include Mail and its word processor Pages, where people tend to do a lot of typing. Appls is also encouraging other developers to do the same so we can expect to see more apps deliver an even better experience when using the Adaptxt keyboard.
In future posts, we’ll be highlighting some of the reviews of Adaptxt and why reviewers such as Nate Swanner at Slashgear are saying it delivers “just about everything you’d want in a keyboard.”
Stay tuned!