Nothing has launched a new software feature – Essential Voice. It extends Essential AI tools that help you capture, find, recall and create by adapting to how you think and live into speech.
The feature 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 Nothing devices.
Traditional dictation turns speech into text, but leaves you with winding, fragmented text – it transcribes word-for-word, including ums, uhs and stutters.
Essential Voice closes this gap. Long-press the Essential Key or activate Essential Voice on the keyboard. Speak naturally, and your words will be turned into clean, ready-to-use writing. It will automatically tidy up your words, so your text sounds like finished writing – not a transcript. It’s also built into the places you write, so you don’t have to leave your conversation to benefit.
What is available now?
- Auto-correction: Improves clarity and structure and removes filler words – like ums and uhs.
- Personal Mappings: Custom voice shortcuts for words, links, templates and repeated phrases.
- Translation Agent: Speak in one language, ask Essential Voice to write text in another.
- 100+ Languages: Wide language support with auto-detection. You can also select preferred regional variants like Latin American Spanish or Simplified Chinese.
Release and Roadmap
Essential Voice launches first on Phone (3) and Phone (4a) Pro, with Phone (4a) following shortly.
Future updates will introduce context awareness, allowing Essential Voice to adapt to where you’re writing – like messages, work emails or searches. We also hope Essential Voice will expand across our ecosystem of smart products as the beginnings of a new, voice-first interface.