Word Flow has been specially designed for swipe-like gestures

Apr 6, 2014 14:04 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft's engineers can be proud of their achievement regarding the software keyboard that comes with the new Windows Phone 8.1.

Dubbed Word Flow, the keyboard has recently been confirmed as the fastest in its category and is now listed in the World's Guinness Book.

Gaurav Sharma is now the record holder for “Guinness World Records fastest text message using a touchscreen mobile phone.” He managed to type a pretty long text in just 18.44 seconds using the Word Flow keyboard on Windows Phone 8.1

Thanks to its swipe-like gestures, Word Flow offers users something more than any other software keyboard available on the market.

The speed with which Gaurav Sharma managed to the set the new record is simply amazing and that is only possible due to the new “gesture” technology that is now part of any respectable software keyboard.

The previous Guinness World Record was owned by Samsung Galaxy S4 with its dedicated software keyboard, but the Windows Phone 8.1's Word Flow managed to dethrone it.

Windows Phone 8.1 is set for release this summer, as an update for the current Windows Phone 8 handsets. New smartphones powered by Windows Phone 8.1 will go on sale beginning May 2014. Are you going to get one?