APPLE’S IOS 18 WILL BRING SEVERAL ‘INDIA-CENTRIC’ FEATURES TO YOUR IPHONE LATER THIS YEAR
Apple unveiled its first beta of iOS 18 with AI features at WWDC 2024, which will be coming to several iPhones later this year. While most of the new features attached to iOS 18 have been designed with every iPhone user in mind, the company has also baked in some India-specific features, including support for numerals in 12 different Indian languages, live voicemail transcription, and more control over dual SIM cards.
iPhones running on iOS 18 will allow users to customise contact posters and lock screens using numerals from Indian languages such as Arabic, Arabic Indic, Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, and Telugu. Additionally, iPhones can perform live voicemail transcription in Indian English, along with support for live caller ID.
Since the iPhone 11, Apple has supported dual SIM cards with a single physical SIM card slot and an eSIM. With iOS 18, Apple introduces a dedicated SIM switch button within the redesigned control center, enabling users to quickly switch between two phone numbers.
Siri on iOS 18 can understand Indian English mixed with local languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. The new translate app now supports Hindi and can perform system-wide translation, including in the Safari web browser and the Notes app.
Apple has also added other minor features to iOS 18 with India in mind, including support for alphabetical layouts for 11 Indian languages — Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu — and enhanced language search in Assamese, Bangla, Devanagari, and Gujarati.
iOS 18 eligible devices
| iPadOS 18 Compatible devices |
| Apple iPhone 15 |
| Apple iPhone 15 Plus |
| Apple iPhone 15 Pro |
| Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max |
| Apple iPhone 14 |
| Apple iPhone 14 Plus |
| Apple iPhone 14 Pro |
| Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max |
| Apple iPhone 13 |
| Apple iPhone 13 mini |
| Apple iPhone 13 Pro |
| Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max |
| Apple iPhone 12 |
| Apple iPhone 12 mini |
| Apple iPhone 12 Pro |
| Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max |
| Apple iPhone 11 |
| Apple iPhone 11 Pro |
| Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max |
| Apple iPhone XS |
| Apple iPhone XS Max |
| Apple iPhone XR |
| Apple iPhone SE 3rd Gen |
| Apple iPhone SE 2nd Gen |
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