Voice dictation unreliable on iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 9:41 AM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2025 8:57 PM

2-11-25 2055hrs UPDATE: I installed 18.3.1 and have been dictating away, so far no lockups.


Just got my Iphone 16 pro max 2 weeks ago and have been having this problem off and on. Dictation works perfect for a few texts, then nothing. Enable/disable/enable the microphone, still nothing. It shows the mic is on but acts like nothing was said. If I restart the phone it will work for a few more times and then stop. I have to say the speech to text is more accurate on this Iphone, than it is on my Samsun S24 Ultra, but the stopping in the middle of a sentence makes me want to return it. I have ios version 18.3

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