Fact · Voice privacy and security
Google says that donating audio snippets to Gboard is voluntary, and that you may be asked to share them when you use dictation.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Data donation is voluntary. If you use dictation, you might be prompted to share your audio snippets to help improve dictation.”
Learn how Gboard gets better, Google, Google Gboard Help, 2026, Donate audio snippets to improve dictation.
Open the original- What it measures
- Google's help page for Gboard describes audio donation as a choice you can make from a prompt during dictation. The same page gives the path to turn it off: Settings, then Privacy, then the Voice setting, in the keyboard's settings.
- What it does not show
- The page describes the Android keyboard. It does not say whether the prompt appears on every device or language, so check your own keyboard settings.