Use your voice in a thread

Select the arrow beside Voice next to the message box and choose Live Chat to speak with the model, or Dictate to type what you say into the message box.

Your browser asks for the microphone the first time. Both modes need it.

Speak with the model

1. Select the arrow beside Voice, then Live Chat.
2. Wait for Voice is live. Then speak.
3. Speaking while the model is talking interrupts it.
4. To finish, select the arrow and choose Stop Live Chat.

The exchange is saved as a thread titled Voice conversation.

If the live connection cannot be made, AI Studio falls back to Transcript-only mode: record a segment, then confirm it to put the text into the message box without spoken replies.

Dictate into the message box

1. Select the arrow beside Voice, then Dictate.
2. Speak. Select Stop Dictation when you are done.
3. The text lands in the message box. Read it, correct it, then send.

While voice is active

The Tools button next to the message box is unavailable while a voice session is starting or stopping. Wait for it to settle.

If it did not work

• Microphone blocked: allow the microphone for this site in your browser's settings, then reload the page.
• Voice unavailable in this browser: use a current desktop browser. Voice needs audio interfaces some browsers do not provide.
• Realtime voice is unavailable. Transcript-only mode is active.: record segments and confirm each one, or type instead.
• No speech was detected in the recorded segment.: check the right microphone is selected in your browser and speak closer to it.