Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
In February 2019, Google announced that Google Assistant on KaiOS feature phones would get Voice Typing, which would let users dictate text messages and web searches. Engadget reported the rollout as coming over the coming months.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“allowing KaiOS users to dictate text messages, web searches and basically anything else that uses a text box”
Google is making the Assistant smarter on feature phones, Nick Summers, Engadget, 2019, Article introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- KaiOS is the operating system used on many basic flip phones. The announcement was made in February 2019 and covered the Assistant on those phones.
- What it does not show
- This is a 2019 announcement. The sources found in this research do not show which KaiOS flip phone models shipped with Voice Typing, or whether it is still available. The HMD Nokia 2780 Flip user guide, searched for voice and assistant terms, does not mention it.