Fact · Dictation software
Google says text you speak with Gboard's advanced voice typing stays on your device, except when you use Fix it or detailed edits.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“The text you speak stays on your device and isn’t sent to Google servers except when you use the “Fix it” or detailed edits features.”
Use advanced voice typing features (Gboard Help), Google, 2026, Important (Use advanced voice typing features).
Open the original- What it measures
- Google's Gboard Help article on advanced voice typing features, which are limited to certain Pixel phones and tablets.
- What it does not show
- This applies to advanced voice typing, not to every Gboard microphone. The advanced features need Pixel 6 or later, according to the same page.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Gboard: speech stays on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Gboard
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Advanced voice typing, Pixel 6 and up
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this