SwiftKey Flow beta debuts as worthy rival to Swype

Although Swype was once the champion of gesture-based typing for Android phones, it now faces some serious competition from the new SwiftKey Flow.

SwiftKey Flow just launched in beta; it was first unveiled back in October. Android users who’ve enabled their phones to install apps from outside Google Play candownload it for free.

Just like Swype, SwiftKey Flow lets you type each word by gliding your finger across a sequence of letters. Even though your finger may pass over other letters in the process, these keyboards use word prediction to figure out what you’re trying to type. more reading