ChatGPT: Microsoft’s AI will be accessible in one click in Swiftkey, the virtual keyboard for Android

Microsoft implements Bing Chat, the chatbot derived from ChatGPT, in SwiftKey, its virtual keyboard for Android smartphones.

Swiftkey is a virtual keyboard from Microsoft available on Android and iOS on which you enter the words by “swiping” them. It learns from your language tics, or typing in this case, in your conversations and other posts on social networks. After having integrated ChatGPT, or more precisely Microsoft 365 Copilot, into the vast majority of its office applications, the Redmond firm is now turning to the world of mobiles and embellishing its app with an additional dose of AI.

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What better place to put ChatGPT, OpenAI’s all-purpose AI, just a click away than in the virtual keyboard of mobile smartphones? This small application to which we no longer pay attention is nevertheless the most frequently used. SwiftKey beta testers will find theappearance on the keyboard of two buttons access to features leveraging AI, as well as a shortcut to Microsoft’s search engine chatbot.

SwiftKey keyboard for Android has a direct access button to ChatGPT

The Tone button will allow you to rewrite a text in the style of your choice: Professional (Professional), for social networks (Social Post), Relaxed (Cadual) and Polite. By tapping on the Chat button, a dedicated chatbot screen will appear and allow you to converse with Bing Chat. Again, the application will offer you three different response styles: Creative (Creative), Balanced (Balanced), and Precise (Precise). It will be possible to ask your questions through the SwiftKey keyboard, or by dictating your request.

The company is also adding a shortcut button to its Bing search engine, accessible directly from the SwiftKey keyboard. With this integration, the Bing AI chatbot will be essential in the Windows and Android ecosystem, at least. It will always be at your fingertips. To access it, once the app comes out of beta, you just need to use SwiftKey on your Android smartphone as your default keyboard. This version of SwiftKey will initially only be available on Android, no mention of iOS.

Source: Android Police