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iOS 26.1 brings Apple Intelligence to these eight new languages

iOS 26.1 launched last week to all users, and among new features for Apple Music and Fitness, an alarm slider, and AirPods Live Translation expanding, the update also brought Apple Intelligence support to eight new languages.

Apple Intelligence expands to many new languages in iOS 26.1

Apple Intelligence recently entered its second year of availability, with the first features having debuted late last October in iOS 18.1.

At launch, Apple Intelligence supported only US English, but Apple has steadily added new languages over time.

Now, iOS 26.1 brings one of the biggest expansions to date, with eight new languages supported.

Here are the new Apple Intelligence languages:

  • Chinese (traditional)
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese

In total, there are now 16 languages supported, not counting the various localized versions available for certain languages.

The full list, per Apple’s website, includes: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

For those just trying out Apple Intelligence for the first time, iOS 26 recently brought 20+ new AI features to iPhone users, and even bigger changes are expected in the months ahead as part of iOS 26.4 and iOS 27.

The former release is expected to bring Siri’s long-delayed AI upgrades, while rumors for the latter recently started spreading.

Is Apple Intelligence support still missing in your preferred language as of iOS 26.1? Let us know in the comments.

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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.