DeepL: Standard translation app on the iPhone on request
With iOS 18.4, Apple is also opening up its standard apps for translations. One of the apps that can be used is DeepL.
DeepL for iOS: It doesn't always have to be Apple Translate.
(Image: DeepL)
Apple has started to allow the first alternative translation programs as the default app for the iPhone. The feature was first introduced in the EU and other regions of the world with iOS 18.4 at the end of March. However, Apple itself has to approve the apps, for which the company apparently sometimes takes quite a long time.
Google Translate overtaken by DeepL
The first external translation app that can be defined as a standard application is the iOS application from the Cologne-based company DeepL SE. It currently supports over 30 languages, only a third of which can be recognized in photos. There is also text-to-speech and file translation.
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Interestingly, DeepL has overtaken Google Translate in its approach. If this application is on the iPhone, it cannot yet be defined as the default app. Whether this is due to Google or Apple remained unclear at first. At DeepL, you should make sure to install both iOS 18.4 and the latest version of the app (25.7).
More and more default apps can be set
Apple now also allows you to set default navigation apps, browsers, telephony, and text messages. Meta's WhatsApp was ahead in the latter fields, while Signal is still missing. However, the German apps CLINQ and Satellite from Sipgate can already be specified for telephony.
Apple is being forced to open up its default apps by the EU Commission's regulation, but is also proceeding voluntarily in other markets. The company apparently wants to prevent further difficulties under competition law.
Sometimes Apple still has problems
The email company Tutao from Lower Saxony with its Tuta app recently complained about problems in getting its email app included in the default offer. Apple simply did not respond to such requests.
According to press reports, however, things moved quickly and contact was made. Tutao had previously threatened to inform the EU Commission based on the Digital Markets Act and file a complaint. “Our users have the right to choose any email provider as their default email app on iOS,” said the company.
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