Gboard's Enhanced Voice Typing Rolling out to Pixel Phones

In Baronial, Gboard was spotted testing hands-costless phonation typing on Pixel phones. According to a new 9to5Google report, the software giant seems to be rolling out the feature now.

The new 'enhanced voice typing' leverages the power of next-gen Google Banana. In case yous're out of the loop, next-gen Assistant is withal express to Pixel 4 series, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel five. If yous ain one of these phones, you tin can enable the feature from the 'Phonation typing' section of Gboard's settings. Google will too prompt yous to endeavour out the feature through a new banner.

gboard enhanced voice typing — Image: 9to5Google

Thank you to Google Banana, you can use voice commands to command the whole voice typing experience. For instance, you tin just say 'Clear' to delete the contents and start over. Similarly, you can say 'Ship' to send the message.

One time enabled, you lot will come across a 'Speak now to dictate' prompt in the word predictions space of the keyboard. Equally detailed in August, Google Assistant'southward low-cal bar will show upward to offer visual feedback. Yous tin can also choose to enable the auto punctuation toggle to allow the keyboard automatically add punctuation while you're dictating.

According to the report, the characteristic is currently express to the beta version of Gboard. In addition, in that location seems to be a server-side component linked to the rollout, which means yous may not necessarily take the feature even with Gboard beta. If you have a Pixel telephone with next-gen Assistant, you tin can effort out your luck by enrolling in Gboard's beta plan.

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