Eleftheriou said that this is in the interest of a "more open keyboard space, so that more innovations can happen in the area, " but also as a service to the blind community, which was Fleksy's original target audience.
It's not something you'll necessarily see in the Google Play store, however, as we were told the company intends to license the platform out to various Android OEMs. We pressed CEO Kostas Eleftheriou for more details on possible partnerships, but he remained tight-lipped, only assuring us that talks were in progress.