{"id":629290,"date":"2026-09-19T06:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629290\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:14:19","slug":"ios-and-ipados-27-expand-language-support-for-several-system-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629290\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS and iPadOS 27 expand language support for several system features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ios-27-keyboard.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple today updated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ios\/feature-availability\/#siri-activate-with-siri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS and iPadOS 27 Feature Availability<\/a> page, confirming that more than 30 new languages and language variants are now supported across features such as Dictionary: Thesaurus, Activate with Siri, and Visual Look Up. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n<p>Language support extended in iOS and iPadOS 27<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple has a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ios\/feature-availability\/#siri-activate-with-siri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support page<\/a> where it breaks down language and territory support for nearly 200 iOS and iPadOS features, including everything from Accessibility and Apple Pencil features to Calendar and Spotlight Suggestions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the company updated the page to reflect the dozens of languages and language variants added with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. The additions span Dictionary definitions and thesaurus entries; QuickType Keyboard features such as language support, autocorrection, predictive typing, multilingual typing, and QuickPath; Siri wake-word support; and Visual Look Up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the new supported languages for the following features:<\/p>\n<p>Dictionary: Definition<\/p>\n<p>English (Australia)<\/p>\n<p>English (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>Dictionary: Thesaurus<\/p>\n<p>English (Australia)<\/p>\n<p>English (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>QuickType Keyboard: Language Support<\/p>\n<p>Afrikaans<\/p>\n<p>Basque<\/p>\n<p>Blackfoot<\/p>\n<p>Comanche<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Esperanto<\/p>\n<p>Galician<\/p>\n<p>Guadeloupean Creole<\/p>\n<p>Guarani<\/p>\n<p>Kaingang<\/p>\n<p>Kalaallisut<\/p>\n<p>Kinyarwanda<\/p>\n<p>Kiowa<\/p>\n<p>Luxembourgish<\/p>\n<p>Malagasy<\/p>\n<p>Martinican Creole<\/p>\n<p>Moose Cree<\/p>\n<p>Nheengatu<\/p>\n<p>Northern East Cree<\/p>\n<p>Plains Cree<\/p>\n<p>Romansh<\/p>\n<p>Rundi<\/p>\n<p>Sakha<\/p>\n<p>Salish<\/p>\n<p>Southern East Cree<\/p>\n<p>Swampy Cree<\/p>\n<p>Tagalog (Baybayin)<\/p>\n<p>Tsuut\u2019ina<\/p>\n<p>Tuvan<\/p>\n<p>Woods Cree<\/p>\n<p>Xhosa<\/p>\n<p>Zulu<\/p>\n<p>QuickType Keyboard: Autocorrection<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Punjabi (Transliteration) QuickType Keyboard: Predictive Typing<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Quicktype Keyboard: Predictive Typing: Inline Predictions<\/p>\n<p>QuickType Keyboard: Multilingual Typing<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines) QuickType Keyboard: QuickPath<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Siri: Activate with Siri<\/p>\n<p>French (France)<\/p>\n<p>German (Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Visual Look Up<\/p>\n<p>Arabic (Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n<p>Chinese, Traditional (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n<p>Chinese, Traditional (Taiwan)<\/p>\n<p>Dutch (Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p>Korean<\/p>\n<p>Portuguese (Brazil)<\/p>\n<p>Thai<\/p>\n<p>Turkish<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check out Apple\u2019s full iOS and iPadOS 27 Feature Availability page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ios\/feature-availability\/#siri-activate-with-siri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789798457_54_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789798458_910_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p 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