Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
In August 2017, Google said speakers of the newly added Indian languages could use their voice to dictate, including in Search through the Google App.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“will be able to use their voice to dictate ... as well as in search through the google app”
Type less, talk more in eight Indian languages, Daan van Esch, Google India Blog, 2017, Paragraph 2.
Open the original- What it measures
- The post also names Gboard on Android as a place where this voice input worked. This fact is limited to the Search clause, which the quoted passage supports.
- What it does not show
- Dated. It says nothing about iPhone, and it does not say which of these languages worked offline.