Fact · Languages and accents
In Apple's iOS list for on-device and modeless Dictation, Arabic appears without a country or region.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation: On-Device and Modeless Dictation Arabic Cantonese (Hong Kong)”
iOS Feature Availability, Apple, 2026, On-Device and Modeless Dictation list on the iOS feature availability page.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's general Dictation list names two Arabic regions. Its on-device list names only Arabic, so the page does not say which regional Arabic is covered by on-device processing.
- What it does not show
- This is a difference in how the page labels the list, not proof of which regions work offline. Test your own dialect offline before you rely on it.