Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says that to change how apps and websites display text on iPhone, you reorder the Preferred Languages list.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“To change how apps and websites display text, reorder the Preferred Languages list.”
Add or change keyboards on iPhone, Apple, Apple Support, iPhone User Guide, 2026, Add or change keyboards on iPhone, after the steps for adding a keyboard for another language.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's keyboard page explains that adding a keyboard for a different language also adds that language to the Preferred Languages list. Reordering the list is described as a way to change how text is displayed.
- What it does not show
- The sentence does not mention Dictation. It describes display, so it does not show whether Preferred Languages affects the language Dictation uses. Dictation is described on Apple's dictation page as following the keyboard.