Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
When Gboard added voice typing for iPhone in February 2017, you started it by holding the microphone icon on the space bar for a second or two and then releasing it.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“just hold down the microphone icon on the space bar for a second or two and then release”
Google's iOS Keyboard gets the one feature it really lacked: voice typing, Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch, 2017, Article body, paragraph on activating voice typing.
Open the original- What it measures
- TechCrunch described the update to Gboard for iOS that added voice typing alongside new languages and iOS 10 emoji.
- What it does not show
- Describes the 2017 iOS app. Current Gboard versions may use different controls, and the article does not say what the app looks like today.