Microphone is missing from your android phone keyboard !!

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Use the following instructions to enable the voice input microphone on your android phone keyboard.

Step 1- Ensure voice input key is turned on the phone settings

Navigate to your phone’s setting to turn on voice input.
Settings > Language & input > Google Keyboard > Voice input key.

Keyboard test- does the microphone appear next to the spacebar? If yes, you succeeded!  If not, go to step 2.

Step 2- Microphone still missing while trying to voice type a text message

Enable/ update the app “Google Search.”

Go to the Play Store and search for “Google Search” and enable/ update it. Then, go to your language and input settings to make sure “Google Voice Typing” is checked and the settings are how you would like”.

Keyboard test- does the microphone appear next to the spacebar? If yes, you succeeded!  If not, go to step 3.

Step 3- Microphone still missing, download a keyboard from Google Play store

Search for “keyboard with microphone” on Google Play. There are several keyboard apps with microphone.

If the keyboard displays the microphone with  “,” – click and hold the key and the microphone will be activated.

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