The only way to actually change the language for this voice input screen is to change the primary system default language setting. There are two potential solutions: You can either change the primary system language setting every time you need to use a different language, or you can use Gboard's voice input as a workaround for text input in the search field, ignoring the built-in voice search tool in both apps with a few extra taps.Īlthough it's a quite a stretch to call me multilingual, I've tested this myself by setting all possible input language types on my Pixel 5 to both Spanish and English, and though the voice input screen will tell me which language it's set to accept, I can't change it on the fly, and simply speaking (really bad) Spanish results in unexpected and inconsistent results (i.e., Spanish words mixed in with close English synonyms or sounds). Currently, you can set alternative or multilingual voice input languages in other locations, like the Google App, but while that setting is inherited in some other locations, it doesn't apply to this basic speech input interface. Reports claim that a previous version of the voice input/search UI followed the Google voice typing setting, though we can't confirm that.
So if you have your phone's system language set to English but want to do a search in Google Maps or Chrome in Cantonese or Spanish, you're out of luck without digging in menus, doing your command, and then changing it back.ĭifferent first-party apps use different voice input methods, and the basic "speech input UI" (left) isn't multilingual.Īpparently, this wasn't always the case, either. Apps like Chrome and Google Maps use a different type of voice input compared to Gboard or the Google app, and this other older input method simply follows the system language setting, with no fast way to change between languages.
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This problem is straightforward: Not all voice input methods on Android work the same, even though you might think they would. Google Assistant and Gboard have it bad enough, but apps like Google Maps and Chrome use a specific voice input method that rigidly follows the system language setting, turning that multilingual advantage into a pointless limitation. Multilingual folks may have whole other worlds open to them as a result of their skills, but it can also be a point of frustration when using an Android phone - at least, when it comes to voice input.
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