Apple introduces bilingual Siri the first public beta versions of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma on Wednesday. With these versions, the company added new features such as full-page screenshots, two-language Siri, and better SMS sorting for users with two SIM cards.
The Cupertino-based company has added support for translation questions to Siri, starting with a few Indic languages. This means that users will be able to ask questions of Siri in both English and Hindi. Also, users can mix English with Telegu, Punjabi, Kannada, or Marathi. Apple is late to the game, as Google Assistant got international support in 2018 and Amazon did the same in 2019. This is especially helpful for people in India, who speak a variety of languages in their daily talks.
Apple is also adding a full-page image feature to iOS 17. “Scrolling screenshots” have been available on Android phones for years now. Users can save this as a picture or as a PDF file.
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Users are getting better dual-SIM support, such as sorting messages by SIM, having different sounds for each SIM, and being able to choose which SIM to use when calling back an unknown number.
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Apple mentioned a few other improvements with these updates for Indian users on all platforms:
- Transliteration support on iOS for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. With this expansion, Apple now offers ten indic languages.
- On iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, users can sign into Apple ID using their phone number instead of an email address.
A new built-in Punjabi dictionary that lets you look up words and sentences across platforms.
- Users will be able to see up to 2,000 calls in the “Call History” area. This includes Facetime and WhatsApp calls.
iPad texts from known and unknown senders can be filtered.
Apple introduces bilingual Siri It’s fixed versions of iOS 17, iPad 17, and macOS Sonoma will be released later on this fall. The current beta versions will likely have some bugs, so if you don’t want to put them on your main device, you can wait for the final public release.
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