{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"voice-mode-gated-additionally-on-a-new-check","canonical_anchor":"voice-mode-gated-additionally-on-a-new-check","heading":"Voice mode now needs an extra check to pass before it is available","tier":"notice","area":"Voice","scope":"both","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/voice-mode-gated-additionally-on-a-new-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Voice mode now needs an extra check to pass before it is available\n\nVoice mode now needs an extra check to pass, on top of the `allow_voice_mode` policy, before Claude Code offers it\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what the new check tests, so it is unknown where voice mode is now unavailable.\n\n**What**\n\nVoice mode lets you talk to Claude Code instead of typing. Before, it was available whenever the `allow_voice_mode` policy allowed it. It now also needs a second check to pass.\n\n**Why**\n\nVoice mode may now be unavailable in some setups where it used to work.\n\n- Area: Voice\n- Names: `allow_voice_mode`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: both\n- Heads-up: yes"}