iOS 8.3 Siri and voice to text not working

I don't have that that problem with iOS 8.3

Try the standard troubleshooting steps in this order:

Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.

Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10-15 seconds). No data will be lost.

Restore: Connect your device to iTunes on your computer, backup, and then select Restore to Factory.

See here for more details on restore: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252

Confirmed. THIS HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. This is also NOT a hardware problem. The internal mic works perfectly on every other app on the phone. I have a 6 plus with 8.3. Siri works with bluetooth headset and with the car bluetooth, but it will not listen to the internal mic. I hadn't noticed the problem, due to it being rare that I used Siri without the bluetooth, but now, I could really use it, that way. I'm attempting to downgrade the firmware, now. I'm seeing reports that Apple has stopped signing the 8.2 firmware, and if this is so, I'm stuck with 8.3, until some miracle causes Apple to fix this with a patch. Apple's QA seems to have really gone downhill, lately,

Downgrade is no longer possible. 😟 Way to go, and for no good reason, Apple! I've also tried every other reset and reboot fix mentioned here and elsewhere. I sure hope this gets resolved in the update they need to release for the text messaging bug.

Something else that may be helpful: if you turn off Siri in settings, the default voice activation works perfectly. If you turn Siri on, nothing. This should confirm that Siri is having the problem and not the hardware.

I have the same problem. Using iPhone 6, iOS 8.3. Phone calls, voice control functions (not Siri) and voice recording app all pick up mic input fine.... just not Siri. I spoke to Apple Customer Support today and we came to a dead end. I went through all the steps... even factory restoring my phone. Nothing worked. We determined it doesn't seem to be hardware related but seems to be a Siri software bug. They are supposed to be looking into it further with the Siri Techs and following up on it by contacting me within a couple days. So... we shall see! I know Siri can be frustrating sometimes when it doesn't understand what we want, but what does work sure is nice and ya miss it when that functionality is gone.

Turns out that I made an appointment and brought the phone to the Genius bar. They couldn't figure out the problem, even after some serious troubleshooting, so they replaced it under warranty, without cost. My new phone works perfectly, with ios 8.3. It seemed like it wouldn't have been a hardware problem, but the change of hardware was the solution, at least for me. This is a great reason to stick with Apple - try doing this with a Samsung at Verizon. 🙂

So, do you have any response from apple? . I have the same problem. And its make me not good as usual!

I have this problem also. Called my service carrier first and then they put me on to Apple Support by phone. Nothing they suggested, has worked so I am taking my phone in Wednesday to the Genius Bar. I hope to get a new phone as I am still under warranty. I'm going to print out this this thread and take with me!!

The Long and short of it is... we went through all the checks and Siri never worked except when using headphones that have a mic. The iphone 6 has 3 mics. One mic that Siri uses did not work and so the Apple store exchanged my phone for a new one. Problem solved.

Yes, I finally got into a store and exchanged my phone for a new one. Problem solved. A mic was bad. Siri now works fine on my new iPhone 6.

I have the same problem, not sure if it was working before the update as I wasn't using it often, but it was working the first couple of weeks I had the phone, now it's not. Siri doesn't appear to be accessing the mic. Everything else works.

I Had the same problem.i have the I phone 6 plus 64 gig my Siri didn't work or dictation.there's a mic in the earpiece speaker that Siri uses to listen to you.heres how you test it to see if the mic is broken.take a video with your front facing camera.when you play it back if you hear silence or static then your mic is broken.on mine all I heard was static.i took my phone to the Apple Store and the genius tested all of my phones speakers the earpiece speaker and mic was bad.he replaced the whole phone with a brand new one.i would suggest going to the Apple Store and have them test your phone hope this info helps

Thanks Tom, I tried your suggestion and my front video voice does not work, will look into having the front mic replaced.

Sayanora Siri,

Planned obsolescence by Apple unfortunately. So much for customer loyalty with Apple/Mac! I'm out of warrantee on my 5s, so I can't turn it into Apple and Verizon can't do anything about it either. I just turned it off and now use my regular Bluetooth connection when driving.