Apple Watch, World clock app - Kyiv, not Kiev

Please do update the name of the Ukrainian capital in the World Clock app for Apple Watch. It has always been Kyiv, not Kiev. Considering the latest events, using Kiev as a name is not only incorrect, it’s also offensive.


Ukrainian authorities first endorsed “Kyiv” as the official English-language spelling back in the mid-1990s. Read more about the subject here https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/kyiv-not-kiev-why-spelling-matters-in-ukraines-quest-for-an-independent-identity/ .


Posted on Jan 13, 2022 3:18 PM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2022 3:40 PM

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