Updated
Updated · 9to5Mac · Sep 18
Apple Adds 30-Plus Languages to iOS 27 Features, Expanding Siri and QuickType Support
Updated
Updated · 9to5Mac · Sep 18

Apple Adds 30-Plus Languages to iOS 27 Features, Expanding Siri and QuickType Support

3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Sep 18

Summary

  • Apple updated its iOS and iPadOS 27 feature-availability page to confirm support for more than 30 new languages and language variants across Dictionary, QuickType, Siri and Visual Look Up.
  • QuickType got the broadest expansion, adding language support for dozens of entries including Afrikaans, Basque, Esperanto, Luxembourgish, Xhosa and Zulu, plus new autocorrection and predictive features for English (Philippines).
  • Siri’s “Activate with Siri” wake-word now supports French (France) and German (Germany), while Dictionary definitions and thesaurus entries added English variants for Australia and Canada.
  • Visual Look Up also widened its reach to eight languages, including Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Traditional Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Thai and Turkish, extending iOS 27 localization across nearly 200 tracked features.

Insights

Why is Apple suddenly investing heavily in keyboard support for endangered Indigenous languages in iOS 27?
Could Apple's massive iOS 27 language expansion be the key to saving underrepresented dialects from digital extinction?
What hidden challenges did Apple overcome to bring predictive typing to languages with almost no digital footprint?