Adapting to iOS 26.4

Last updated: October 2, 2026

Available on: iOS

If tapping Start Flow leaves you on “Flow is on,” or your writing style no longer changes between apps, you can return to your app manually and choose the style used for dictation.

Return to your app

Automatic return depends on the app you’re using and whether automatic return is enabled for you. If Flow cannot return automatically, or the return fails, it shows the manual “Flow is on” screen.

“You can start dictating now” means recording is already running, so you can speak before swiping. This screen has no button or close control.

  1. Swipe right across the bottom edge to continue.

You should return to the app you were using; you do not need to start dictation again.

This screen is skipped during onboarding. Using the Flow keyboard inside Wispr Flow starts dictation in place, without switching apps.

If Flow captures no audio, a separate error screen offers retry, dismiss, and X controls. Use retry for another attempt, or dismiss to close both the error and swipe-back screens.

Set your default style

The Style tab sets one account-wide default sound for all dictations, not separate defaults by app category. A style chosen from the keyboard takes priority for that dictation.

When nothing has been set, Formal. is preselected.

  1. Open the Wispr Flow app and tap the Style tab.

  2. Tap the style card to open Default Sound.

  3. Choose Formal., Casual, very casual, or Excited!.

  4. Tap Save to apply your default.

Save is available for any listed style, including the one already selected. Cancel closes the sheet without saving changes.

After saving, the style card shows your choice.

If Flow blocks dictation or tabs

Note: Dictation requires both keyboard Full Access and microphone permission. Without Full Access, “Almost there!” appears in the keyboard or on Home with a Finish setup button; it does not indicate missing microphone permission.

If you reach your weekly word limit, Flow shows the word-limit message instead of a permission prompt.

Full Access prompt in the keyboard or an alert

The separate “Enable full access” alert offers Open Settings and Cancel, not Finish setup.

  1. Tap Finish setup in the keyboard prompt, or Open Settings in the alert.

  2. Allow Full Access in Keyboard Settings.

“Almost there!” on Home

This route includes the “Your data is safe” privacy page before the setup instructions; it does not open Settings directly.

  1. Tap Finish setup.

  2. Tap Next on the privacy page.

  3. Tap Go to settings.

  4. Allow Full Access in Keyboard Settings.

  5. Return to Wispr Flow.

The explainer closes on return once the keyboard is installed.

Microphone access is missing

When using the keyboard inside Wispr Flow, the first microphone-button tap requests access if it has never been requested. If access remains ungranted, a later tap shows “Microphone access denied.” When using the Flow keyboard in another app, missing microphone access leads directly to that prompt.

  1. Tap Go to Settings in the microphone prompt.

  2. Enable Microphone for Flow.

On Home, the microphone permission card is in the statistics carousel. Home notification cards stay hidden while microphone access is missing.

Tabs are locked or Style is missing

Before your first dictation, Dictionary, Snippets, Notes, and Style—when available—show lock icons. Home never locks; an unavailable Style tab is absent rather than locked.

Locked tabs may be disabled. If selecting one triggers “Try Flow first,” Flow returns you to Home; the alert says “Dictate in another app to access the rest of Flow” and offers Ok.

  1. Dictate a few words in another app.

  2. Return to Wispr Flow.

The lock icons should disappear. Dismissing the post-onboarding Try Flow banner or opening an external app from the onboarding carousel or Try Flow panel also unlocks the tabs.

A previous dictation is still running

You cannot start a new dictation while the previous one is starting, recording, processing, or cancelling; Start Flow is hidden during this time. Wait until it finishes, even if it ends with an error, then dictate again.

The keyboard’s primary button stops recording while you dictate. During processing, it cancels processing instead, allowing a new dictation immediately afterward.

  1. Tap the keyboard’s primary dictation button while processing to cancel.

  2. Start a new dictation once cancellation finishes.

After changing permissions, dictate a short phrase. If another permission prompt appears, follow its corresponding instructions above.

Still need help?

Contact support if:

  • Swiping right across the bottom edge does not return you to your app.

  • The Style tab is still missing or locked after the recovery steps.

  • Your saved default style is not applying, and you have not selected a different style in the keyboard.

Include your iPhone model, the app you were using, and what you already tried.