Safari's voice search doesn't work!?-Why can't I hear my iPhone now

Safari in iOS 15 has changed a lot. The design has been revamped, the search bar, which also serves as the URL display area, has moved to the bottom of the screen and becomes a `` tab bar '', and a function (tab group) to manage multiple tabs by purpose has been added. With support for "Safari extensions" that allow you to add functions/add-ons via the App Store, the application is expanding.

Voice search is another feature added in iOS 15. In the past, voice input was possible with the software keyboard function, but with the new Safari, as soon as the word recognition is completed, it can proceed to the WEB search as it is. The function can be called immediately from the microphone button on the tab bar, so it should be quite useful for people who are not good at using the keyboard.

However, the specification that the voice search part is linked with the software keyboard setting is the same as before. On iOS, the language used for voice input uses the setting of "Settings" → "General" → "Keyboard" → "Voice Input Language", so if you select multiple languages ​​here, you will be able to enter with the keyboard Depending on the language (changeable with the globe button on the bottom left of the keyboard) settings, voice search will not work.

For example, say you have Japanese and English enabled in your voice input language and say "lunch box" in voice search. If the language entered on the keyboard is Japanese, it will be recognized smoothly as "Bento Box", but if it is English, it will be an unintended phrase such as "Bento Bag".

It is troublesome to pay attention to which language is selected each time you perform a voice search, so if you do not enter English words, or even if you do enter Japanese English, set the voice input language to Japanese only. keep it. This will prevent situations such as "Konnichiwa" instead of "Hello" being searched by voice.