In this regard, one of its most beneficial features has to be the integration of Google’s Virtual Assistant. Just with a single tap of a button, you could issue the desired voice commands and the same would be typed onto your screen. However, as of late, this feature seems to be going through a rough patch. Many users have voiced their concern that they are unable to use the Voice Assistant Gboard. Upon further inspecting this issue, they found out the issue was due to the Assistant Voice Typing feature being disabled inside the Gboard settings menu. So the basic fix is to simply enable this toggle. But this is easier said than done. This is because the Google Assistant Voice Typing option has been greyed out in the Gboard app. Fortunately, there do exist a couple of workarounds that have rectified this issue. And this guide shall make you aware of just that. So without further ado, let’s get started.
How to Fix Google Assistant Voice Typing option greyed out in Gboard
Do note that there’s no universal fix as such. You will have to try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and see which one works best in your favor. So keeping that in mind, let’s get started.
FIX 1: Allow Microphone Permissions to Gboard
By default, Google has disabled all the permissions of the Gboard. So the contacts, camera, Files, Media, and Mixriphone permissions stand disabled right out of the box. While we could continue to keep all the other permissions disabled, but we will have to enable the Microphone Permission for this app. This is because only then the keyboard will be able to hear your voice and type the corresponding sentences.
FIX 2: Remove Secondary Langauge
Quite a few users were able to rectify the underlying issue after removing all the secondary language from Gboard. Here how: So with this, we round off the guide on how you could fix the issue of the Google Assistant Voice Typing option being greyed out in the Gboard app. We have listed two different methods for the same. Do let us know in the comments section which one spelled out success for you. Likewise, all your queries are welcomed in the comments below.
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