India, June 9 -- India was awake till late at night for this. Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote was a big event for millions of Indian iPhone users, who are also the ones building the fourth-quarter of the world's iPhones. A rebuilt Siri. A new Siri AI. Apple Intelligence upgrades across iPhone, iPad and Mac. But one thing many Indian users were waiting for never came: Hindi support for Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence Hindi support remained absent from WWDC 2026 despite Apple's growing investment in India.

The facts are not nuanced. Apple has raised the production of iPhones in India by 53% in one financial year. Foxconn has invested billions in its Bengaluru campus. Tata Electronics has 75,000 workers who assemble Apple products. India i...