Introducing Essential Voice

Zac 🛸 · 2026-04-23T12:00:00+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJd1JO_vVQs Hey Community, Right now, the main way we communicate on our phones is through typing. But speaking is more natural and four times faster. That is why voice notes have become so common. But they are not perfect. They take time to listen to, cannot always be played out loud, and are harder to scan when you just want the key point. Traditional dictation has not really solved this either. It turns speech into text, but often leaves you with something rough and fragmented, including all the ums, uhs and stutters you did not want in the first place. That is where Essential Voice comes in. It turns speech into clear, ready-to-send text in real time – the speed and ease of talking with the clarity and flexibility of text. Integrated into the keyboard and the Essential Key, it’s a step towards voice-first interactions with our devices. #### **More than simple transcription** ##### ![](https://cdn.nothing.community/2026-04-22/1776851642-200080-ev3-ezgifcom-video-to-gif-converter.gif "banner") Better than a simple transcription, Essential Voice cuts filler words for a more streamlined and considered output. Use it to send messages and emails, or format your speech straight into lists, steps or bullet points to help get your point across. #### **Built for multilingual communication** ![](https://cdn.nothing.community/2026-04-22/1776851511-245764-evtrabnslationnew-ezgifcom-video-to-gif-converter.gif "banner") Speak to Essential Voice in more than 100 languages with auto-detection. You can also choose regional variants of languages like English and Spanish. And you can speak in one language and have it translate and transcribe it for you in real time. #### **Shortcuts for the things you say often** ![](https://cdn.nothing.community/2026-04-22/1776851681-65734-ev2-ezgifcom-video-to-gif-converter.gif "banner") Think of this like a text shortcut library you build over time to use specific spellings or add additional text without saying it every time. You can say something like “nothing OS”, and a personal mapping would automatically change that to “Nothing OS”. If you have a favourite restaurant, Essential Voice will link an address to the name and type it out in the transcription instantly. #### **Privacy and Data Handling** Essential Voice activates only when you choose to use it, and it does not listen in the background. Once activated, your audio recording is encrypted and processed on our server. The generated text is returned to your device. It is not stored on our servers. > **Availability** > > Available now on Phone (3). Phone (4a) Pro will follow later this month, with Phone (4a) in early May.

JP

Lucasstln os update is currently rolling out…you can download it from settings>system>system update you can find the announcement here only…

ikaros_pRO8KhYcWu

Holy peak update 🔥 🙏

Dimas

Zac 🛸 can’t wait to try it on my Phone (3a) Pro ! Hopefully my phone is eligible.

NimeshThapaMagar

What about the 3(a) series?

oofie

Might have to get a model with the essential key now

RobIgo

can’t wait to try this - fantastic work Nothing, keep it up!

Dylan_B

Just tried it out for the first time and it’s fantastic! Though having auto-rotate on did cause it to fail 😃

ArshadKhan_35E0OZNUqs

So the Nothing YT channel posted a video about Essential Voice a couple hours ago. What are you thoughts?

On surface it seems like a better and smarter voice to text (how much? That’s yet to be seen)

Februar92

Zac 🛸 Will the Phone 3(a) Pro also get the feature?

SelvakumarM

Zac 🛸 amazing 🤩 🔥

nothingmore

SelvakumarM

Zac 🛸 own voice assistant give up next generation

Cmf Guy

Is it coming to CMF phone 2 pro? It also has essential key like phone 4a series so it should.

arryankeshan

When will this come to the phone 2a ?

DEVRATAN

Please don’t forget to add this feature to the Nothing Phone 2 as well

TarunAbhishek

Zac 🛸 How to use it i am having phone (3)

Franek_urawski_uraw_

Zac 🛸 how to use it I don’t have it on my phone 3 🫤✌🏾

YoshiMK

Underneath the fascade it’s just Google Gemini though…

Thanks Google for this tech I guess? Nothing just wrapping it up and pretending to be an AI company

JP

YoshiMK nothing new in that…samsung also does and apple also planning to do that and currently using chatgpt for some answers also

lolifnotely🇮🇱

YoshiMK Do you know that 80% of the famous “Galaxy AI” package is based on Google?

The upgraded Siri that will be released is also going to be Google-based… All the companies are doing it. The question is just who is the most creative

IceMelter

Are the AI features in the Essential Space and this new Essential Voice run locally on the device? whats the privacy policy/data collection situation on this?

YoshiMK

IceMelter Download a traffic monitor like PCAPDroid and check it - given it’s just Gemini Flash under the hood AFAIK it’s cloud based to some extent anyway

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