My voice dictation doesn’t work. Iphone 16 promaxHey siri voice command not working either. But mic works in my notes.
I will be rocking along using voice dictation for messages and siri, suddenly the voice recognition stops working. I tap the mic, but it does’t “ding” like-it usually does and I have to power phone off and on to restart.
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iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18
I contacted Apple Support this morning after both Dictation and Siri stopped responding to verbal commands. I wanted to report the issue and check if it had already been documented, but unsurprisingly, they couldn’t provide any answers. My device is an iPhone 16 Pro Max, running the latest software version, 18.3 (22D63). Their only suggestion was to reboot the phone, which I already knew.
I’m curious if anyone knows if Apple knows this is an issue and are they working on a fix?
It's a software problem though. Using a third party app for dictation works. It's Apple's cruddy software.
What’s the fix for dictation on iPhone 16 Pro Max?
Same phone
same issues
Siri also doesn’t recognize my voice at times
iPhone 16 pro max and I’m having the exact same issue with Siri.
Having the same issue here and there with iPhone 16 pro
You’re right. It worked for a couple days and it stopped working again. I hope they fix this soon.
Same here, it is very frustrating. I have to reset my phone almost daily in order to get the dictation function back.
Similar things are happening to me on the 16 Pro Max A lot of times I have to shout or scream for Siri to hear me. There's a huge delay, sometimes when talking before the words even start to show up on the screen If at all. And I have to correct one to two typos per sentence almost all the time it's embarrassingly noticeable as I do a lot of posts And comments on Reddit.
It would be nice to have Siri update if I have corrected it a couple of times on a specific word for instance "sub routine" Was often coming up as submarine. If I fixed it two or three times maybe the fourth time it could interpret that I mean sub routine?
Yeah, but overall, she doesn't listen. She misinterprets constantly. It feels like there is a hardware issue like it's a bad Mik. I had a iPhone 11 standard before this and it was significantly better on the same 18.3 iOS.
April 2025 still happening
I had the same problem after the latest update. So in the bottom right corner i held down the microphone and went to (English). I then added a language, deleted that language and clicked on (English) again and my voice dictation started working again.
Same problem, which really could be a safety concern in a pinch! Dictation and Siri just stops responding I cannot find a correlation as to why. The only fix is to power off and start up again, which is a pain because I used to use them both constantly. What the heck Apple, a huge inconvenience and potential safety issue. Is there a fix? PS I always do your updates immediately!
hi
Are you saying that he updated your phone with the newest software? What software do you have on your phone?
I'm not very technical but it seems to be something along those lines.
Voice dictation unreliable on iPhone 16 Pro Max
