Missing Dictation microphone on iPhone keyboard

Thanks for the reply - but I am on ISO 18.3.1 and there is no Siri and Dictation setting - there is just Apple Intelligence...

and no options there to enable dictation or allow it

BUT under Screen time - there is an option to allow it in the restrictions part. So for those that are having this issue - check your screen time -> contents and privacy -> Intelligence and Siri -> Siri and Dictation

Same for me. Search finds the enable dictation, but when going to the general->keyboard - the option to “enable dictation” isn’t there

If the dictation microphone icon is missing from your iPhone keyboard, it likely means that the "Enable Dictation" setting is turned off in your device settings; to fix this, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and toggle "Enable Dictation" on. 

Key points:

• Check settings: Go to your iPhone's settings, navigate to "General" then "Keyboard" to access the dictation settings. 
• Enable dictation: Make sure the "Enable Dictation" toggle is switched on. 
• Microphone icon appearance: Once dictation is enabled, the microphone icon should reappear on your keyboard.

Hey there! I was in the same nightmare - didn’t even have the enable dictation toggle either - after a million attempts to solve including hard resets and keyboard resets etc etc I finally figured out the problem - having recently taken some steps from a ‘helpful’ 🙈 YouTube video, I had adjusted all kinds of privacy and security settings - so go find in settings ‘Siri and dictation’ and make sure it is allowed…then the dictation toggle should magically appear!! Good luck!