Keyboard → Microphone

Voice Typing on Android

Android · Text & Typing
ActionVoice Typing
ShortcutKeyboard → Microphone
PlatformAndroid
CategoryText & Typing

About this shortcut

On Android, you can voice typing with Keyboard → Microphone. Tap the mic on Gboard to dictate instead of typing. It sits in the Text & Typing group and is one of the Android shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Android conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to voice typing.

2

Press the keys

Press Keyboard → Microphone.

3

Done

Tap the mic on Gboard to dictate instead of typing.

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