Microsoft is boosting its Swiftkey keyboard tool with the functionality to copy and paste data across Android and Windows 10 devices. The Cloud Clipboard update indicates that users with Swiftkey on their Android devices will now be able to duplicate text typed on their smartphone directly onto their Windows PC, and vice versa. Point to be noted that Microsoft announced the tool in a Swiftkey beta release in August 2021. Now, a Microsoft Swiftkey support page said, “MSPowerUser has gone live for users as part of Swiftkey 7.9.0.5. The days of emailing your website links, phone numbers, and addresses are a thing of the past.

You can now use Microsoft SwiftKey’s Cloud Clipboard feature to sync your copied text between SwiftKey Keyboard and Windows”. Microsoft also said your Cloud Clipboard will only retain your last copied clip, which will be available for an hour. The last copied clip will be shown on your prediction bar by default as a quick paste option. However, although this can be turned off and replaced with your last copied clip from another device. You will need a PC running Windows 10 and an active Microsoft Outlook or Hotmail account to use the tool. The company pointed out that users can’t use a Microsoft work email account, Google, or other email addresses.

You can download it via the Google Play Store, though the new function needs to be activated once you have Swiftkey running via Settings > Rich input > Clipboard. Now, toggle on the Sync clipboard history option. You should then navigate to Settings > System > Clipboard, after signing in with your Microsoft Account on your Windows 10 PC. It is noteworthy that you must turn on both the ‘Clipboard history’ toggle and the ‘Sync across devices’ toggle. The SwiftKey is now available for iOS, but cloud clipboard support is not yet included. Moreover, users will be unable to use SwiftKey to copy the information over to devices running on macOS or Linux PCs.