Siri has been a useful tool for sending and receiving messages for some time now. Using the virtual assistant, iPhone users can have messages read out to them or dictate texts that they want to send to other people. These features can come in particularly handy when you are doing something that means you can’t physically touch your phone or type out messages yourself, such as when you are driving a car.
A new feature introduced with the iOS 17.4 update adds to this by allowing Siri to read out messages in multiple languages. That means that the assistant will not only tell you your incoming messages in your chosen language, but also in any of the other supported languages. These include Arabic, Mandarin, French, German, and Spanish, among more than a dozen more. While this isn’t a feature that will appeal to everyone, it can be beneficial to anyone who speaks more than one language or is trying to develop bilingual skills.
Adding extra languages to Siri’s vocabulary is a simple process. You simply have to head to Settings, locate the Siri and Search section, and then click on Messaging with Siri. From there, you can download and activate any of the supported languages that you want Siri to use in the future.