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Dictation and Siri stopped in iOS 16

Hello,

Is there a new known bug in iOS 16.0.2 (or just 16) with dictation and Siri, where the microphone does not work as expected?

Siri does not hear “Hey Siri” even though it is turned on, and if I use the side button to activate Siri, it responds with “something went wrong.”

Switching the iPhone language, and Siri language, and keyboard language all to “English UK” seems to fix the problem, but I’m trying to find out if this is a known issue that will be fixed in a future update.

Dictation and Siri was working yesterday, and I haven’t changed anything, although my phone might have auto-updated to 16.0.2.

The microphone works fine in Voice Memos and in translation apps, so I know it’s not a physical problem with the microphone.

Restarting the phone did not help.

Also, the “fix“ of switching to “English UK“ is working for me currently, but if I switch back to “English US“ the problem returns.

I contacted Apple Support, but they didn’t know about the problem, and so they sent me here, and to the feedback link (which I also submitted in).

Here are two other recent threads with the same problem:

Siri does not work on ios 16 | Apple Developer Forums

https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/x9cn5x/ios_16_rc_dictation_has_stopped_working/

Posted on Sep 29, 2022 7:09 AM

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i_m_falling_leaves

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Posted on Oct 4, 2022 4:02 PM

I have the same problem. I used to use dictation when I type in multiple languages (English - UK, French - France and Cantonese - Hong Kong). And after I have updated to the latest version of IOS 16, dictation of all languages becomes not working at all.

Even my Siri is not working. Actually I can use the Hey Siri function in Cantonese - Hong Kong. But when I speak anything or tell Siri any request after I said 'Hey Siri' and Siri responded to me, Siri always processes so long and says 'An error has occurred, please try again'.

I think the Siri and Dictation function has bugs and cannot detect what I have said to both Siri and keyboard dictation, given the fact that my microphone is definitely operating normally!

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