Apple released iOS 17.4 on March 5th. This update brings several bug fixes and new features to your iPhone, including new emojis and the addition of stolen device protection options. One of the newest features, which many people find useful, is the ability for Siri to read text in languages other than your iPhone’s primary language.
More than half of the world’s population is considered bilingual, according to a 2008 study published in the Journal of Neurolinguistics. And the study also assumes that bilingual users will continue to increase as people immigrate to other countries each year. This makes Siri’s ability to read multiple languages very useful to a growing number of people.
Here’s what you need to know about this feature and how to enable it.
Languages that Siri can read and how to enable them
Apple gave Siri the ability to read messages in 22 different languages and dialects in addition to English. The languages and dialects you can choose from are:
- Arabic
- Chinese (Cantonese – Hong Kong)
- Chinese (Mandarin – Mainland China)
- Chinese (Mandarin – Taiwan)
- Danish
- Dutch (Netherlands)
- Finnish
- French (Canada)
- French (France)
- German (Germany)
- Hebrew
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Norwegian Bokmal
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russia
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Thai
- Turkish
Here’s how to let Siri read your messages in a language other than your phone’s primary language.
1. Open setting.
2. Tap Search with Siri.
3. Tap Send a message with Siri.
Four. Tap Add language… under read message.
Five. Choose the language in which you want Siri to read your messages.
you will be kicked back Send a message with Siri Once selected, proceed to the menu. Your iPhone immediately begins downloading the language you selected. If you want Siri to read your messages in multiple languages, tap . Add language… Please select another language again. You can select all 22 languages and dialects as long as your phone has available memory.
It’s important to note that although Siri reads messages in all of the languages and dialects listed above, it listens and responds to messages in your phone’s primary language.
For more information about iOS 17, see What’s in iOS 17.4 and what you need to know. podcast transcript iOS 17 Cheat Sheet.
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