{"id":701226,"date":"2026-06-13T06:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701226\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:41:13","slug":"ios-27-brings-new-keyboards-and-typing-improvements-across-multiple-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701226\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 brings new keyboards and typing improvements across multiple languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ios27-keyboard.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the many tidbits coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a> is support for a new set of keyboards, including Afrikaans, Galician, and Indigenous languages. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>iOS keeps expanding keyboard support<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost 20 years in, Apple is still adding support for different virtual keyboards on its devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And although new keyboard layouts rarely make headlines or get too much airtime, they\u2019re always a welcome addition for users whose native language is still unsupported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For iOS 27 and its other operating systems, Apple is introducing several new keyboards, in addition to typing and UI improvements across many supported languages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">iOS 27\u2019s new keyboards list includes:<\/p>\n<p>Afrikaans<\/p>\n<p>Basque<\/p>\n<p>Baybayin<\/p>\n<p>English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Galician<\/p>\n<p>Guarani<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous languages, such as Blackfoot, Comanche, Cree, Kiowa, and Tsuut\u2019ina<\/p>\n<p>Luxembourgish<\/p>\n<p>Xhosa<\/p>\n<p>Zulu<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Apple says iOS 27 and its counterparts introduce several typing improvements, such as:<\/p>\n<p>Automatic punctuation when typing on multilingual keyboards<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u00e2izi typing<\/p>\n<p>Faster loading of emoji and sticker keyboards<\/p>\n<p>Faster multilingual text processing for handwriting in multiple languages<\/p>\n<p>Improved conversion from phonetic scripts like Pinyin and Kana when typing in Simplified Chinese and Japanese<\/p>\n<p>New keyboard layout for Slovenian and Estonian<\/p>\n<p>New UI language for English (Canada) and English (Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>Onscreen context for more relevant typing suggestions for Chinese and Japanese<\/p>\n<p>QuickPath and typing suggestions for Vietnamese VNI keyboard<\/p>\n<p>Punctuation suggestions as you type in Chinese<\/p>\n<p>Smart language and keyboard configuration suggestions<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are any of the new keyboards in your native language? Let us know in the comments.<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43xbZva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781332873_352_MSI-9to5Mac_750x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the many tidbits coming to iOS 27 is support for a new set of keyboards, including Afrikaans,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-701226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}