Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
At its March 2019 launch, Google's offline speech recognizer ran only on Pixel phones and only in American English.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“it only works on Pixels ... it only works in American English”
Google's new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if you have a Pixel) (TechCrunch, March 12, 2019), TechCrunch, 2019, Article body.
Open the original- What it measures
- TechCrunch's report on the launch of the on-device recognizer, which the article says ran on Pixel phones.
- What it does not show
- These limits describe the 2019 launch. They are not the current support for Gboard on other phones.