Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
WhatsApp says its voice message transcripts are generated on the phone, so that no one else, including WhatsApp, can hear or read the messages.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Transcripts are generated on your device so that no one else, not even WhatsApp, can hear or read your personal messages.”
Introducing voice message transcripts, WhatsApp, WhatsApp Blog, 2024, Blog post.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is WhatsApp's own claim at launch in 2024 and it is about transcripts of received voice messages, not about dictating with a keyboard.
- What it does not show
- A vendor statement that cannot be checked from outside the app.
Source
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