Google Keyboard Voice input not working

[AC Question]

I have the default keyboard set to Google. The mic icon is there but when I press (long short repeatedly) nothing happens. "Ok Google" voice command works. Just no voice input in any app (messages, email, facebook, memo, anything). Any help is appreciated. ThX.

 

[Glenn Android]

Interesting. I had disabled the Google Assistant, never realizing that rather than it and the GBoard both using a common voice input library, that the GBoard uses a voice input routine built in to the Google Assistant. So if you want Voice input, you have to leave the Assistant enabled, even if you get really annoyed by it popping up here and there, and don't really want it listening to everything you say....

 

[1proud_mama]

I could see the Mic but nothing happened. I fixed mine by going to apps>google>enable.
Apparently when I attempted to switch to firefox it disabled the Google app.

 

[Groundhog_two]

If you changed your DNS setting for security purposes, that can stop it. Using something like Blokada and picking the "Right" DNS to use will shut this down in an instant.

 

[curticus]

In my case I checked all the boxes for fixing this issue. In the end it wasn't permissions or defaults. It was battery saver mode. Which when on limited my apps. So the voice to text (mic) was disabled whilst in battery saver. I hope this helps.