Japanese - speak iPhone 4S owners will now get a opportunity to chat with Siri . Apple on Wednesday tramp out iOS 5.1 , which bring Japanese terminology musical accompaniment for the iPhone 4S ’s artificially levelheaded help .
announce the iOS update during a press result , Apple CEO Tim Cook said the 5.1 update would be useable Wednesday , with Siri support roll out in Japan over the next few calendar week .
Tim Cook shows off Siri at the Apple press event on Wednesday .
Tim Cook shows off Siri at the Apple press event on Wednesday.
With the gain of Japanese , Siri now supports six language . antecedently , the voice - activated feature recognized English , British English , Australian English , French , and German .
Support for Japanese was n’t on the button unexpected . Last month , Siri included Japanese among its supported languages when enquire by iPhone 4S drug user , grant toreports .
Siri is n’t the only feature Apple updated , however : The spillage observe for iOS 5.1 indicate several improvement for the company ’s fluid OS , including some squeamish fixes for users of iCloud and iTunes Match .
The Lock screen on the iPhone gets a newfangled swipe shortcut for the Camera app .
Genius Mixes and playlist , mysteriously missing from iTunes Match - enable libraries , have fall , allowing users to once again listen and create playlist — even if they ’ve rick on iTunes Match . iCloud users will also feel a much - needed feature film available in 5.1 : individual photo deletion from Photo Stream .
Also noteworthy is a Modern tv camera cutoff design for the Lock projection screen : Instead of a button , the shortcut permit you to slide the Lock screen up to get to the app . Additionally , the Camera app will now highlight all notice face in systema skeletale , and the app has been redesigned on the iPad . The iPad also receives podcast controls and a 30 second rewind choice for the Music app , and optimize audio for video shows and movies .
The Lock screen on the iPhone gets a new swipe shortcut for the Camera app.
There are a few system tweaks , too : AT&T users get a rejiggered web indicant to better interpret coverage , an issue with drop audio in calls has been restore , and more annoying battery life bugs have been ironed out — though what those bug are , Apple does not say .
Updated at 12:35 p.m. PT to add together information about the iOS 5.1 update . Updated on March 12 to chastise the number of languages support by Siri before Nipponese backup was added .
