Apple has brought several features targeted at India to iPhones that meet the requirements with iOS 18. The iPhone platform upgrade, which was released on September 16, improves communication, refreshes the Move to iOS app, and provides support for many Indian languages.
With improved Photos, a new Passwords app, additional personalization choices for the home screen and control panel, and utility-based tools like iPhone mirroring on Macs, these India-centric additions seek to enhance the user experience.
The following are all of the new iOS 18 features that Indian iPhone owners may now access:
Live Voicemail
Apple has introduced Live Voicemail Transcription functionality in India with iOS 18. This feature allows users to set voicemail to answer incoming calls, prompting callers to leave a voice message. The voice message is then displayed on the user’s iPhone alongside a live text transcription. Users can also pick up the call while the voice message is being recorded.
In addition to Live Voicemail, Apple has also launched Live Caller ID, smart call history search, phone keypad search, and an enhanced dialing experience for iPhone users in India.
Lock screen customisation
With iOS 18, iPhone users in India can customise the clock widget on the lock screen with numerals from 12 different Indian languages, including Arabic, Arabic Indic, Devanagari, Bangla, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu.
Multilingual keyboard
iPhone 12 or newer models running iOS 18 now support phonetic typing with Latin characters in English and up to two additional Indian languages. If users have multiple message threads in different languages, the keyboard will remember the script used in the previous conversation and switch automatically. The feature supports English, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.
Alphabetical keyboard layouts for Indian languages
iOS 18 introduces alphabetical layouts for 11 Indian languages. The keys for Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu are arranged alphabetically, allowing users to type directly in their preferred language.
Language search
Apple has added support for select Indian languages in language search, enabling users to search for specific words using familiar spellings. If a word has multiple spellings in the same language, users can look it up regardless of the variant used. Language Search currently supports Assamese, Bangla, Devanagari, and Gujarati.
Translate
With iOS 18, the Translate app on iPhones has been updated to include Hindi. Hindi translations are also available for the Safari browser and native apps like Notes.
Multilingual Siri
iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri has been updated to support nine Indian languages, including Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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Source: Business Standard
