Why is the microphone missing from the native keyboard app on my wife's iPhone?

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Hers simply says text message. mine says imessage with microphone. Is it something in the settings that needs to be changed?

 

[nikkisharif]

Re: wifes i phone 8.1 microphone to the right of text message box missing

What iPhone does she have? This could possibly be the reason she's not seeing the same thing you are.

 

[crobbo1]

Re: wifes i phone 8.1 microphone to the right of text message box missing

Go to settings, Keyboard and enable dictation, it fixed mine

 

[Ledsteplin]

Be sure she has iMessage toggled on. Settings >Messages. Then Settings >General >Keyboard >scroll down to "enable dictation" and toggle on.