Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the previous few weeks with extended support for multiple new languages across the lock screen, Siri, the keyboard, and search on iOS 18.
Lock Screen Customization
With the new update, you can customize the lock screen to show time in different numerals, with support for 12 languages: Arabic, Arabic Indic, Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, and Telugu.
iOS Keyboard Updates
The keyboard on iOS gets many updates, including support for trilingual predictive typing across the system. You can see additional language scripts on the suggestion fields left and right and can easily switch between them. Plus, you can type in Latin text and get suggestions for all three languages based on your input without switching. The keyboard will remember your last language for each thread if you have multiple threads in different languages. The company has also added support for a Korean and English multiscript keyboard on iOS 18.
iOS Improved Language Search
iOS 18 also includes improved language search so that users can search for different spellings of similar-sounding words in that language. For instance, they can search for both in Hindi. The new language search is available for Assamese, Bangla, Devanagari, and Gujarati.
Additional Language-Related Updates
Some other language-related updates with Apple 18 include the following:
Live Voicemail Transcription: The company has added support for live voicemail transcription in Indian English.
Translate App: The translate app on 18 gets support for Hindi.
Live Text Feature: The live text feature now supports Arabic.
New Grammar Engine: This is a new grammar engine for Hindi and Korean.
Contact Posters: You can create contact posters using Indian languages and numerals.
Public Release and iOS Beta Versions
Apple will release the public version of iOS 18 this fall for all users. The features mentioned above will be available in beta versions of iOS 18, which might be buggy, and you might want to avoid installing them on your primary device.
