# Kika Tech

> Kika Tech makes a customizable mobile keyboard with predictive typing, emoji, stickers, GIFs and multilingual input, and supplies keyboard and font technology to device makers. Its rapid consumer growth led to content and handset partnerships; a 2018 Google Play removal over app install attribution abuse became a sharp test of the distribution it relied on.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Bill Hu (Co-founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Kika Keyboard, Voice Board, Kika Global IME Service, Localized OEM keyboard
- **Notable:** Kika reported 150 million downloads and 50 million monthly active users by June 2016., Google Play's Top Developer badge in 2015 and Best of 2016 recognition, as reported by Kika., Kika reported 300 million downloads by June 2017.

## Products & services

- **Kika Keyboard** — Android keyboard with themes, emoji, stickers, GIFs, predictive text, autocorrect, swipe input and multilingual support.
- **Voice Board** — A full-function Android keyboard centered on voice typing, announced in July 2018.
- **Kika Global IME Service** — Custom keyboard, font, handwriting and voice-input integration for device manufacturers across Android, Linux, KaiOS and WinCE.
- **Localized OEM keyboard** — Default keyboard implementations for phone makers, including prediction and transliteration for Indian and Southeast Asian languages.

## Achievements

- Kika reported 150 million downloads and 50 million monthly active users by June 2016.
- Google Play's Top Developer badge in 2015 and Best of 2016 recognition, as reported by Kika.
- Kika reported 300 million downloads by June 2017.
- Its 2018 India and Southeast Asia implementation supported 22 official and 18 non-official Indian languages, according to the company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The Google Play listing showed an August 21 update for Kika Keyboard: Custom themes.
- **2018-12** — Google removed Kika Keyboard from Play after finding evidence of app install attribution abuse; a current Google Play listing is live.
- **2018-11** — Kika announced default-keyboard partnerships for India and Southeast Asia.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kikatech.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kika-tech-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/KikaKeyboard
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28Ifyn1Jr--YaaVBoDBgmA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kikakeyboard/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KikaKeyboard

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/kika-tech
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-09-29