Apple has brought iOS 15.4 update for its users with new features. Now users will be able to send gender neutral emoji to their friends. Not only this, this time Apple has also replaced the female voice of its famous Siri with gender neutral voice. For this, he has used transgender voice as a speech assistant.
Instead of ‘Siri’, we will talk to ‘Queen’.
With the new update of Apple phone, you will be able to select voice according to your choice in the phone. That is, if you want to hear the voice of a woman or a man, then you will talk to Apple’s famous Siri as before. If you want to hear a gender neutral voice, Queen will talk to you. In this the voice of transgender will be heard.
Recording from a member of the LGBTQ community
In order to give gender neutral voice to the smart assistant in the iPhone, the recording has been done by a member of the LGBTQ community. This thing itself has been confirmed by the Apple company, which is called the biggest name in mobile technology.
The company has brought new options for Siri users providing language support in the English language. With its new voice, you will be able to take advantage of neutral text-to-speech. Users who were using American Siri till now. They will now get smart assistance in five voices.
Earlier only women used to speak, now gender neutral too
Voice 1 and 3 will hear the male voice in different pitches. Voices 2 and 4 will hear the female voice in different pitches. Whereas Voice 5 will be kept gender neutral. Apple has changed its speech assistant option for the second time. Until a year ago, only women spoke in Siri’s voice on the iPhone. Later it was introduced in both male and female voices. Now the option of gender neutral has been added to it.
The pregnant man’s emoji will be visible for the first time in the phone
Apple has added about 37 new smileys to the icons section during the iOS update. Out of which many gender neutral emoji have been included. The most surprising emoji among them is that of a pregnant man. Earlier, only women were shown pregnant in the icon. But Apple has also included those transgender men and non-binary people who can give birth to a child. Apple has also shown them in different color shades, so that the discrimination regarding the color can be seen.
Out of this, changes have also been made in the emoji of Biting Lips. It has been made gender neutral by not only connecting with women. Although Apple included these emoji in late January itself. But the updation was not done.
Along with the new changes to the old emoji
, Apple has also added 7 brand new smileys. This includes the shriveled face emoji, the dotted line face emoji, the teardrop face emoji, and the grunting face emoji. Along with this, users can also use emoji while doing handshakes of different skin tones. These are included for the first time.
Apart from these, emojis of motorcycle tyre, slide, disco ball, club, coral, kidney and low battery have also been added to the icon file for the first time.
How to get the New EMOJIS
In order to get the new emojis, all you have to do is to get the latest 15.4 iOS release.
Before you start, make sure your device is plugged in and connected to Wi-Fi. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to get the update:
Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your phone.
You will see the new upgrade so just tap to update your device to 15.4 iOS.
Install and enjoy the new emojis and other features.
