Apple Unveils Exclusive iOS 18 Features for India; Details Inside

The newest iOS 18 is undoubtedly one of Apple’s most significant and ambitious updates. It introduces Home Screen Customization, an overhauled Control Center, a redesigned Photos app, a Customizable Lock Screen, and a new Passwords app, promising iPhone users a refreshed experience. But that’s not all. Apple has added a special touch for Indian users with India-specific features to further enhance the iPhone experience in iOS 18.

Apple has added several quality-of-life enhancements, including Hindi support for the Translation app, new Indian fonts and numerals, and a multilingual Siri. If you own a device compatible with iOS 18, you’ll be able to enjoy these additional features when Apple releases the stable version of iOS 18 this fall.

Exclusive iOS 18 Features for India

• iOS 18 users can personalize the lock screen time display with Indian numerals from 12 different languages, such as Arabic, Arabic Indic, Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, and Telugu. Additionally, users can adjust the font color and weight to customize their Contact Posters.

• Apple has now added Hindi support to the Translate app, Safari webpages, and other system-wide translation features, including the Notes app.

• The newest iOS 18 includes support for an Indian English accent in Live Voicemail transcription, as well as features like Live Caller ID, smart call history search, and an improved phone keyboard experience.

• Apple’s iOS 18 introduces a Multilingual keyboard for iPhone 12 and newer models, integrated across the entire system. Additionally, it offers alphabetical keyboard layouts for 11 Indian languages: Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

• Siri received a significant upgrade with iOS 18. Now, with India-exclusive features, Siri is now able to respond in Hindi and has Multilingual support for nine additional Indian languages.

• The Move to iOS app is now faster and more reliable, allowing data transfer from Android to iPhone either wirelessly or via cable.

• Apple has introduced support for specific Indian languages in language search within iOS 18. This feature enables users to search for words using familiar spellings, even if the word has multiple spellings within the same language. Now the supporting languages include Devanagari, Assamese, Bangla, and Gujarati.

Here are some of the exclusive iOS 18 features tailored for India, set to arrive later this year with the stable version. It’s great to see Apple showing appreciation for its dedicated Indian iPhone users. Now, many are hopeful to see Apple Pay launching in India soon. We love to hear your thoughts on these features. Drop you opinions in the comment box down underneath.