November 14, 2026, 3:30 pm | Read time: 3 minutes
Samsung may expand its smartphone keyboard with a practical feature. It is intended to edit dictated messages afterward, resulting in more readable texts. The principle is similar to Google’s “Rambler,” which is already used on the Pixel 11.
The tech portal “SamMobile” reports on a feature called “Refine Voice Input.” It is said to have appeared in an internal test version of the Samsung keyboard. There has been no official announcement from the South Korean company yet.
New Feature Aims to Clean Up Voice Inputs
Instead of typing a message, users can dictate a text via the keyboard. The new feature is supposed to edit the voice input afterward. The result appears only when the dictation is finished–in a clean form.
In the settings of the test version, the feature is described as follows: “Clean up filler words, hesitations, and more. Text appears after you finish speaking.” The software is supposed to remove filler words and clean up passages where the speaker hesitates while dictating. Only then does the recording become a coherent text.
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The functionality is reminiscent of Google’s “Rambler.” The feature was introduced with the Pixel 11 and also edits texts created via voice input. However, the two solutions differ in operation.
With Rambler, the user must still take action after dictating, such as tapping a checkmark. “Refine Voice Input” could skip this step and automatically edit the recorded text.
There might be a limitation: The feature is likely tied to Samsung’s proprietary keyboard. Although Galaxy smartphones run Google’s Android operating system, Samsung uses its own on-screen keyboard by default. Those who have installed an alternative like Google’s popular “Gboard” will miss out on “Refine Voice Input.”
Google currently offers Rambler officially only on the Pixel 11. The feature is not officially available on other Pixel models. The same applies to Gboard on Galaxy smartphones. While there are ways to bypass this limitation, they are not official.
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With “Refine Voice Input,” Samsung would not be adopting a Google-inspired idea for the first time. Parallels were already drawn with “Now Nudge” to Google’s “Magic Cue”–an AI assistant that provides context-based information at the right moment. The planned dictation aid could follow this pattern.