Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Swype is all about, well, swiping. Instead of tapping on ...

Swype, the innovative mobile keyboard app that allows users to spell out words by simply sliding their finger, has opened up an official beta scheme for Android. When we looked at the app as part of ...

Now that iOS 8 is available, iPhone and iPad users can choose from a bunch of different alternative keyboard apps. We tested out three of the most popular apps, including SwiftKey, Fleksy, and Swype.

I posted this in the other Android thread too, but any of you new Swype users owe it to yourself go through the Swype tutorial in app. Cool tricks I'd have been unlikely to figure out myself.

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Apple will release iOS 8 for download later today, ...