Google search-by-voice displays "no internet connection"

[Brave-Matt]

Description

NOTE: this is a duplicate of #3725

Any time you attempt to use voice search on Brave desktop, it displays a "no internet connection" message. This is after allowing access to your machine's microphone for both the site and Brave itself.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to https://google.com/
2. Click the microphone icon
   
3. Attempt to search by voice.

Actual result:

"No internet connection" is displayed.

Expected result:

Successful voice search

Reproduces how often:

Always

Brave version (brave://version info)

v0.58.16

Reproducible on current release:

• Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds?
  Yes, both.

Website problems only:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? Negative
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? Nope!

Additional Information

Behaves the same on macOS, Windows and Linux systems.

[LaurenWags]

Reproduced with

Brave	0.60.4 Chromium: 72.0.3626.17 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision	08d2140079f8db14c9eb885a803d231b1a30e817-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#315}
OS	Mac OS X

Brave	0.59.12 Chromium: 72.0.3626.17 (Official Build) beta(64-bit)
Revision	08d2140079f8db14c9eb885a803d231b1a30e817-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#315}
OS	Mac OS X

[RainOfPain125]

Subbing to this. Can't wait for it to be fixed.

[btlechowski]

Reproduced on

Release:

Brave	0.58.18 Chromium: 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	15234034d19b85dcd9a03b164ae89d04145d8368-refs/branch-heads/3578@{#897}
OS	Windows

Beta:

Brave	0.59.20 Chromium: 72.0.3626.28 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision	997b1040b63bac324e815797ba52be0cd8f616ed-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#461}
OS	Windows 7

Dev:

Brave	0.60.6 Chromium: 72.0.3626.28 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision	997b1040b63bac324e815797ba52be0cd8f616ed-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#461}
OS	Windows

[Brave-Matt]

+1 from community:
https://community.brave.com/t/microphone-cannot-connect-to-internet/43382/2

[johnwaltonvi]

I have this problem as well.
Going to create a voice command program anyways, but it would be really nice if this bug was fixed.
Thanks.

[talkinggoat]

Same problem, here.

[Distearth]

Any update? I'm really ready to switch full time...

[romeyDog]

Same issue. Would appreciate any update or workaround. thanks.

[SirBughunter]

Same issue here on the latest Nightly Build and all other builds from Brave Browser for desktop.

[SirBughunter]

Seems like they are working on it and expect to fix it "soon"! :D

[tvking63]

Just installed Brave yesterday because it's "like Chrome and compatible with all the Chrome stuff" and it took about an hour to find out that the mic doesn't work. I guess this is like those Linux distros that are "like Windows". I'm sure there are people working really hard on this but I think the reality is that you're never going to the kind of polished product that you will from a much larger company.

[rebron]

@tvking63 It's a bug that we have on our list to fix and given the feedback we can reassess priority. Browsers in general do tend to have long to do lists. In terms of reality, a large company doesn't ensure a polished product and usually trends towards a stagnated/constipated product or one that's bloated because everyone has to get their pet feature in it. My opinion. We are working on polish though and appreciate the feedback.

We would also appreciate moving non-implementation discussion to community.brave.com though so we can focus on solving the issues here.

[honza-zidek]

For me it's a showstopper. I cannot use Duolingo so I cannot set Brave as a default browser. And you are aware of this issue since 03.10.2016 - #4476, #3725. I believe it is the same (or connected) issue.

[honza-zidek]

@rebron everyone has to get their pet feature in it

This does not sound very promising when you use this phrasing in connection to non working microphone in an internet browser in 2019. I was considering starting using Brave but this is very discouraging.

[rebron]

@honza-zidek That was a general comment guarding against feature creep and not related to this issue which we've already prioritized to fix. I hope you're encouraged that we do guard against feature creep and bloat and that we do have this issue on our priority list. We will fix this issue and your request to have it done sooner than later has been noted.

We do need this space now for reproducible test cases and working out the fix.

[SirBughunter]

@rebron Do not hesitate to update this thread as soon as the first Nighty version supports this! 😊

[fish2eggs]

Me too...

Brave | 0.64.77 Chromium: 74.0.3729.169 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision | 78e4f8db3ce38f6c26cf56eed7ae9b331fc67ada-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#1013}
OS | Linux

[devalirzayev]

it doesn`t fixed yet 😥

[tvking63]

Does not work again as of 70/13/20 and it's been not working for at least a week. It could be much longer as I don't check it that often. I get a response of "No Internet Connection" It did work for me briefly. Sorry I don't have the dates or version numbers.

Version 1.10.97 Chromium: 83.0.4103.116 (64 Bit)
Windows 10 Home Build 1903 Build 18362.900

[Slobbering]

I've updated to the latest Brave browser, Version 1.11.97 Chromium: 84.0.4147.89 (Official Build) (64-bit), but the mic still doesn't work for google search, translate, or on other websites. The mic also does not work in Microsoft Edge or Opera.

However, Firefox has found a way around it with their own app that works on google.com for searching.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/voice-fill/
It produces a mic next to the search box.

A bit cumbersome, but it works, slowly.
Any chance of recreating this app in Brave?

[Wizardling]

This is still broken.

[dmiller72]

Yep. Still broken even with shields down and latest version being used.

[Wfsneed2]

Still broken on windows 7. Only feature I need to make Brave my default browser.

[Zireael07]

Still broken on Linux Manjaro.

[adrodanevik]

Still broken on Kubuntu

[JoelParke]

still broken current version on Ubuntu - Version 1.20.103 Chromium: 88.0.4324.152 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[Realist1001]

I can confirm Lol, BROKEN

[ericpardee]

I too wish search-by-voice would work but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.

TL;DR
Google has built speech recognition on Google sites like Google.com and Google Translate so that they depend on a non-standard API in Google’s web browser which actually just calls back to a Google transcription service.

See this discussion by Brave Support:
https://community.brave.com/t/cant-use-the-microphone-to-search-on-google-com/103175/5

[ayushdiagarwal]

+1

[yash10019coder]

please fix this voice search issue

[gpcola]

If the problem is with the Google API then why can't you use an alternative?

Voice search is now so prevalent that you're obviously losing the majority of your mobile customers. Add to this the lack of Brave Rewards support on iOS, and there's no reason to use Brave on my iPhone. I still use it on my desktop, but the desire to use voice search there too, is making me question that decision too.

[georgemastro]

Also a deal-breaker for me on many websites using Google-API for voice search results.

[Tonev]

+1 from Brave Community.

https://community.brave.com/t/google-search-by-voice-not-working/277716

[CryptAlchemy]

Please fix

[Wizardling]

Honestly, it seems unlikely this will ever be sorted :-(

[arismelachroinos]

Still broken? I thought Brave was serious

[Opfour]

Attempted to do a quick voice search using the latest Brave Version 1.29.81 Chromium: 93.0.4577.82 (Official Build) (64-bit) and I'm still seeing the same issue: "No Internet Connection".

[justing1216]

Are you kidding me? This has been an ongoing issue for FOUR YEARS NOW?! With no response from an actual Brave Dev or Moderator? Damn @arismelachroinos you're 100% correct, I HAD thought they were serious too. If they can't fix or even bother to reply to a simple issue such as this, imagine the kinds of major issues that they ignore and withhold from us... i.e. ANY SECURITY ISSUE or BREACH in the past FOUR FREAKING YEARS. This makes me incredibly nervous and weary of Brave. I will be considering alternatives.