Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Both the sender and the recipient need iOS 17 for audio message transcripts to appear in Messages.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“The catch is that both the sender and recipient need to be on iOS 17.”
View a Transcript of Audio Messages, iPhone Life, iPhone Life, 2023, System Requirements section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The article gives this as the requirement, under the heading System Requirements.
- What it does not show
- Relayed by a how-to publisher, not checked against Apple's own page.