This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 13 May 2024 — 24 May 2024.

As always, you can follow all of our development online at github.com/keymanapp/keyman, and you may find the Keyman Development Status Site at status.keyman.com both interesting and slightly overwhelming!

Keyman minor releases

Keyman 18.0.35 alpha through 18.0.44 alpha were released in this cycle.

Significant updates in these versions include:

  • Keyman for Windows
    • Removes desktop shortcut when installing Keyman (#11401).
  • Keyman for macOS
    • Fixes invisible keys on macOS Sonoma 14 (#11388).
  • Keyman for Android
    • Corrects globe key behavior on lock screen (#11458).
  • Keyman Developer
  • More German localization (#11497).

The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.

Keyboard updates

New keyboard:

Keyboards enhancement:

New predictive text dictionary:

  • A new predictive text of Laz (#252). 
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