SwiftKey now connects copy and paste throughout Android and Windows

Microsoft SwiftKey is getting a helpful new function that syncs your clipboard throughout Android and Windows units (through MSPoweruser). So in case you use SwiftKey in your Android gadget, you’ll be capable of paste any textual content you’ve copied in your Windows pc (and vice versa).

As MSPoweruser notes, the function, referred to as Cloud Clipboard, comes as part of the latest SwiftKey replace, pushing the present model to 7.9.0.5. It was first obtainable in the beta version of Microsoft SwiftKey in August, however now it’s formally rolled out to everybody.

SwiftKey has directions on easy methods to use the Cloud Clipboard on its support page. The function isn’t enabled by default, and it requires a PC with the Windows 10 2018 replace or later. You additionally must arrange the function on each platforms earlier than you can begin utilizing it.

To allow the function on Android, ensure you’ve downloaded the latest version of the app from Google Play, after which open SwiftKey. Select Rich enter > Clipboard, and toggle on “Sync clipboard history to the cloud.” SwiftKey will then immediate you to sign up or create a Microsoft account.

You can allow the Cloud Clipboard in your Windows PC by heading to Settings > System > Clipboard. From there, activate each the “Clipboard history” and “Sync across devices” toggles. After you sign up to your Microsoft account, your clipboards ought to be synced.

SwiftKey’s help web page additionally notes that the Cloud Clipboard will solely save the final piece of textual content you’ve copied and can routinely delete the clip after one hour. Your final copied clip will seem within the SwiftKey prediction bar, letting you shortly paste the textual content in your telephone. Concerning the safety of copying and pasting information throughout the cloud, SwiftKey solely says that the clip information is encrypted, not processed or saved by their service, and is “not associated with your Microsoft account.”

Microsoft first started exploring the idea of a Cloud Clipboard in 2017, and that imaginative and prescient additionally included iPhones. It’s unclear when (or if) the Cloud Clipboard will probably be obtainable to iPhone customers — SwiftKey’s help web page vaguely says that it’s “not possible to sync your clips to iOS at this time.”