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Shipped 2026-04-10 · AI Typing a long, detailed question to Bird from a phone is awkward. Now you don’t have to. The Bird Chat input has a microphone button — tap it, speak your question, and Bower transcribes it directly into the input field.

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What’s new

  • Tap-to-dictate in the Bird Chat input on both desktop and mobile.
  • Live transcription — the words appear in the input as you speak, so you can correct mid-sentence.
  • Edit before sending — dictation populates the input field, not the send button. You always have a chance to read what Bower heard before Bird responds.

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Why this matters

The friction of typing on mobile is the main reason people don’t ask Bird the harder questions on the bus. Dictation removes it. The same speech recognition that powers voice capture handles your prompts, so technical vocabulary maps correctly.