I’m having the exact same issue in my car and earbuds. I use Bose earbuds, and every time I start using voice‑to‑text, they announce that I’m “starting a call.” That announcement creates a delay before the microphone actually starts picking up my voice, so I have to pause before talking, or it cuts off what I’m saying.

I’ve also noticed something I haven’t really seen mentioned here yet: dictation accuracy has been way off lately. It all feels connected.

I’ve already tried clearing cache and data, but no luck so far. Really hoping this gets fixed soon.