LifestyleWIREDHow Apple Puts Indigenous Languages on the iPhone Keyboard
Apple is working with Indigenous communities to add endangered languages to the iPhone keyboard, aiming to help preserve them for the next generation.
To save endangered languages, tech companies like Apple are working with Indigenous communities to meet the next generation where they type.
Apple has been collaborating with Indigenous communities to bring endangered languages to the iPhone keyboard as a way to help preserve them.
The effort is part of a broader push by tech companies to meet younger generations where they already communicate, which is increasingly on their phones.
Making a language available on a smartphone keyboard can be a meaningful step toward keeping it alive and in everyday use among younger speakers.
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