On a physical iPhone Duo running iOS 27.1 and later, the system dictation button
is placed inside the system keyboard, next to the space bar. Because the button
belongs to the system keyboard layout, it isn't available while a third-party
keyboard is active.
On other iPhone models, the dictation button appears separately from the
keyboard, so it stays available with third-party keyboards. On iPhone Duo, our
users have no way to start dictation without switching back to the system
keyboard.
The iPhone Duo Simulator shows the button at the far right, which doesn't match
the physical device, so this can't be evaluated accurately in the Simulator.
As far as I can tell, there is no public API that lets a keyboard extension
start system dictation, so we can't work around this from the extension.
My questions:
Is this placement intended on iPhone Duo?
Is there a supported way for a keyboard extension to offer dictation on this
device?
If not, are there plans for a separate system dictation button, as on other
iPhone models, or a public API for keyboard extensions?
I've filed this as FB[number]. If you develop a keyboard extension and see the
same issue, please file your own report and reference this number.
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