Apple has recently detailed the new improvements in iOS 18, showcasing some major language-related overhauls across features. The changes will bring more support for the lock screen, Siri, keyboard, and search into several more languages. Enhanced customization in lock screens allows displaying time in other numerals while adding support for other options of the clock, like analog clocks.
The iOS 17 keyboard comes with a lot many updates. Some of the important ones include trilingual predictive typing. Users can view the scripts of more languages on the suggestion field and can tap to change among them easily. The keyboard also remembers the last language used in each thread, supporting languages such as English, Hindi, and Tamil. Another new addition to the iOS 17 keyboard is to represent the Korean and English multiscript. This is to provide an improved language input experience.
Expanded Language Support on Lock Screen on iOS18
One important feature in iOS 18 is the language search feature, which allows users to search different spellings of words that sound similar in some languages. Now, one could search for “चंद्र” and “चन्द्र” in Hindi. The update has brought live voicemail transcription for Indian English and compatibility with Arabic in sub features such as support for Hindi in the translate app and live text.
iOS 18 is adding a new grammar engine for Hindi and Korean, increasing the language capabilities on the platform. It will also allow users to create contact posters with Indian languages and numbers, adding a new personal dimension to the contact cards. iOS 18 is due to be publicly released fully this fall, for now, its beta versions can be tested, though there might be bugs, so it shouldn’t be run on primary devices.
By the fact that Apple is investing in this area through improvements on language in iOS 18, this only shows a commitment to offer better services and have accessibility reach the diverse linguistically less capable backgrounds.
