diff --git a/app/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift b/app/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
index 5840594f1d..c98fcca3d6 100644
--- a/app/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/app/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -396,6 +396,19 @@ class SpeechRecognitionHandler: NSObject {
             
             let language = args["language"] as? String ?? "en-US"
             transcribe(filePath: path, language: language, result: result)
+        } else if call.method == "requestPermission" {
+            SFSpeechRecognizer.requestAuthorization { authStatus in
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    switch authStatus {
+                    case .authorized:
+                        result(true)
+                    case .denied, .restricted, .notDetermined:
+                        result(false)
+                    @unknown default:
+                        result(false)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         } else {
             result(FlutterMethodNotImplemented)
         }
diff --git a/app/lib/pages/settings/transcription_settings_page.dart b/app/lib/pages/settings/transcription_settings_page.dart
index b67a675fd5..8bde8f9e74 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/settings/transcription_settings_page.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/settings/transcription_settings_page.dart
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import 'package:disk_space_2/disk_space_2.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import 'package:omi/services/services.dart';
 import 'package:omi/services/sockets/transcription_service.dart';
+import 'package:omi/services/sockets/on_device_apple_provider.dart';
 import 'package:omi/services/custom_stt_log_service.dart';
 import 'package:omi/utils/l10n_extensions.dart';
 import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
@@ -70,7 +71,13 @@ class _TranscriptionSettingsPageState extends State<TranscriptionSettingsPage> {
 
   SttProviderConfig get _currentConfig => SttProviderConfig.get(_selectedProvider);
   CustomSttConfig? get _currentProviderConfig => _configsPerProvider[_selectedProvider];
-  String get _currentLanguage => _currentProviderConfig?.language ?? _currentConfig.defaultLanguage;
+  String get _currentLanguage {
+    final lang = _currentProviderConfig?.language ?? _currentConfig.defaultLanguage;
+    if (Platform.isIOS && lang == 'multi') {
+      return 'en';
+    }
+    return lang;
+  }
   String get _currentModel => _currentProviderConfig?.model ?? _currentConfig.defaultModel;
   String get _currentRequestJson => _requestJsonPerProvider[_selectedProvider] ?? '{}';
   String get _currentSchemaJson => _schemaJsonPerProvider[_selectedProvider] ?? '{}';
@@ -1040,6 +1047,15 @@ class _TranscriptionSettingsPageState extends State<TranscriptionSettingsPage> {
       }
       MixpanelManager().transcriptionSourceSelected(source: isIOS ? 'custom_on_device_ios' : 'custom_on_device');
     });
+
+    if (isIOS) {
+      final granted = await OnDeviceAppleProvider.requestPermission();
+      if (!granted && mounted) {
+        ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
+          const SnackBar(content: Text('Speech recognition permission is required. Please enable it in Settings.')),
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   Widget _buildSourceSelector() {
diff --git a/app/lib/services/sockets/on_device_apple_provider.dart b/app/lib/services/sockets/on_device_apple_provider.dart
index c43514ab7a..22edaaafb2 100644
--- a/app/lib/services/sockets/on_device_apple_provider.dart
+++ b/app/lib/services/sockets/on_device_apple_provider.dart
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ class OnDeviceAppleProvider implements ISttProvider {
     this.language = 'en',
   });
 
+  static Future<bool> requestPermission() async {
+    try {
+      final bool? granted = await _channel.invokeMethod('requestPermission');
+      if (granted == false) {
+        CustomSttLogService.instance.warning('OnDeviceApple', 'Speech recognition permission not granted.');
+      }
+      return granted ?? false;
+    } catch (e) {
+      CustomSttLogService.instance.error('OnDeviceApple', 'Permission request error: $e');
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<SttTranscriptionResult?> transcribe(
     Uint8List audioData, {