Until now, you could use Google Assistant to say “OK Google, send a message” and it would transcribe everything you said.
But why go through the hassle of getting your message transcribed when you can instead use apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, and Allo to directly send voice messages?
In situations where you either think the speech-to-text won’t pick up on some of your words or where you want to say something in a language that isn’t supported, sending a voice message is preferable.
Well, now Google has made this option available for its smartphone users. It is, however, only available on WhatsApp for now.
All you need to do is follow these steps:
You can send your message using any of these three methods:
You obviously have the liberty to edit and cancel your message before sending it. You can change the recipient as well as delete your recorded message.
If you don’t want to use the exact words while recording your message, you can also use shortcuts.
This Feature is Yet to Appear On:
It is limited to WhatsApp only and while other services like Telegram, Viber, BBM, Threema, and TextPlus do support Assistant, they only let you send a regular voice message as an option.
Regardless of its limitations, the new feature is still a significant advancement for its users. Users can also set the Google Assistant to only work with their voice.
You no longer have to hold onto the mic button to record a WhatsApp voice message or make sure that you speak in English without a word of any other language in between so that the dictation works. And you can always send WhatsApp text messages using your voice if that’s how you want to communicate.
Via AndroidPolice