There are a few options for keyboards on Android, buy Swype has been one of the most popular over the last few years. Now, it’s finally ready to get out of beta and into primetime.

The developers of Swype, Nuance, announced today that they are dropping the “beta” tag from Swype with the latest version 1.5 update. Swype 1.5 doesn’t really have any big new features, other than a little UI polishing and better Dragon Mobile Assistant tie-ins, but Nuance is going to start charging for it.

SwiftKey recently released a fascinating infographic, showing the typing style of SwitKey users worldwide. The infographic consists of information such as: themes, languages, share rate, usage and typing style. Be sure to read on to find out more!

I’m sure we’ve all been on the end of a VoIP call with someone who likes to type loudly while you’re talking to them. It’s rude and it’s annoying, particularly if they’re using a microphone built into a notebook. But a new feature built into Google+ means you’ll never have to hear that sound again during a Hangout.

Google+ now automatically mutes your microphone when it detects that you’re typing, saving other participants from your tap-tap-tapping.

No company wants to be left out of the April Fools’ action, so today the popular keyboard application developer SwiftKey has announced its latest application, ‘SwiftKey Tilt’. This new keyboard application is designed to offer a ‘body typing experience’, it works by guiding a pinball across the screen of your phone to spell out words, whilst moving your body – hilarious stuff!

SwiftKey 4 is now available for Android, bringing Flow, a new gesture-based typing experience, to one of the platform’s most popular third-party keyboards. Flow works just like Swype for Android, or Google’s latest stock keyboard — allowing you to slide your finger across the on-screen keys to type. It even lets you write multiple words, so you can type out full sentences without ever lifting a finger.