Nothing has launched Essential Voice, a speech-to-text feature that eliminates filler words like "ums" and "uhs" from your dictation. The tool delivers clean, ready-to-send text in real time, addressing frustrations with traditional voice-to-text that often includes stutters, pauses, and poor punctuation. The company promises "the speed and ease of talking with the clarity and flexibility of text."

Essential Voice auto-detects over 100 languages and supports regional variants for English and Spanish. It can translate speech while transcribing, and users can set custom shortcuts so phrases like "Nothing OS" are written correctly every time. Nothing emphasizes privacy—the feature only activates when manually triggered, audio is encrypted, and processed on company servers without being stored.

The feature is currently available on the Nothing Phone (3), with rollout to the Phone (4a) Pro later this month and the Phone (4a) in early May. It integrates directly into Nothing's built-in keyboard and the Essential Key button, positioning the feature as a core part of the phone's software experience.