Apple's beta versions to let users use Siri with Indic languages
Apple released its first set of public beta version of iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. With these releases, Apple has also launched support for bilingual queries to Siri, starting with select Indic languages. Users will now be able to ask questions to Siri by mixing English with Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Kannada or Marathi.
Apple is however late to the game, as Google Assistant got multilingual support in 2018 and Amazon launched multilingual support in 2019. This is especially useful for India-based users as they speak a mix of languages in daily conversations.
Apple is also bringing a full-page screenshot feature to iOS 17 — something that Android phones have been offering through “Scrolling screenshots” for years now. Users can save this as an image or a PDF file, which previously could be saved only of a full-page screenshot.
Users are also getting better dual-SIM support with per-SIM sorting of messages, separate ringtones for each SIM and the ability to choose a SIM when calling back an unknown number.
Apple will release stable versions of iOS 17, iPad 17 and macOS Sonoma later this fall. The current beta versions will expectedly have some bugs, so users not wanting to install them on their main device can wait for the final public release.
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