‍🤖 Android Updates v2.0.9

Reliability & Stability

We heard from Android users that things haven't felt as solid as they should, so the team spent the past few months tightening things up:

• Flow Bubble recovery: If the bubble disappears, it now recovers on its own, and you'll get a system notification if it needs a nudge.
• Accessibility permission recovery: If a device revokes Flow's accessibility permission in the background, Flow now catches that and recovers instead of silently breaking.
• Crash fixes: Fixed several crashes.
• Multi-account isolation: If you share a device with other accounts, your Flow settings and onboarding now stay isolated per account instead of carrying over between users.
• Flow Bubble UX cleanup: Fixed sizing glitches, visibility issues, errors that used to stick around, and snooze/shrink not working right.
• Xiaomi/OnePlus fixes: Resolved battery optimization and overlay problems specific to these devices.

🍎‍ iPhone Updates - v1.63

Flow now switches back automatically for more apps

Auto-switchback automatically returns you to your host app the moment you finish dictating, so you're not stuck manually tapping back in. It now works across every supported iOS version, including the iOS 27 beta.

We've also added native switchback support for a long list of apps that didn't have it before, including Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Kin, LinkedIn, and many more messaging and productivity apps.‍

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📈 All Platforms:

More consistent and accurate formatting

Over the past few months, some dictations had formatting issues: course corrections that didn't land, words swapped for ones you didn't say, punctuation or edits getting ignored, and quality that varied session to session. A portion of dictations were being handled by older models, one too conservative on course correction and one too aggressive about changing words.

Both are now fixed. Everyone is on the same current model, so quality is consistent every time you speak. You'll notice:

• Cleaner course correction
• Fewer changes to words you said
• Punctuation and corrections that do what you tell them to

To keep it from recurring, we've added A/B testing and expanded benchmarks so every new model is tested against real usage before it ships.

If you hit a formatting issue, report the transcript from inside the app with a note on what went wrong. Those reports are what help the team improve Flow.

💻 Desktop Updates - v1.5.751

Let Flow pick the right microphone automatically‍

Rank your microphones once and Flow uses your top available one without you switching manually. Plug in a headset and Flow picks it up; unplug it mid-dictation and Flow falls back to your next-ranked mic without interrupting you.

Find it: Settings > General > Microphone

Keep dictating when you dock your laptop (clamshell mode) 

‍Close your laptop lid and Flow switches to your highest-ranked external mic on its own instead of interrupting you with a notification, then returns to your built-in mic when you open it again. Reordering mics in settings now applies instantly, with no need to restart recording.

Find it: Settings > General > Microphone

Reliability and accuracy update

We posted last week about outages and accuracy issues. Unfortunately, since then, we had a second wave of issues that hit a different set of users.

What went wrong

We had two separate issues over the past two weeks. 

• Last week: Outages affecting core dictation, caused by a combination of vendor failures and our own scaling issues
• This week: Backend instability that affected a different set of users

We're calling them out separately because if you experienced issues last week but not this week (or vice versa), that's why. Either way, both are being treated with the same urgency.

What we're doing about it

This is our top priority. That means:

• We’re reallocating engineering resources to focus on stability until this is resolved.
• We're re-evaluating our current vendors and onboarding additional ones so a single provider failure doesn't take Flow down.
• We're also working on accuracy improvements, including testing a rollback on a recent setting that may have had unintended effects and developing an upgraded speech recognition model.

We built in some redundancy after the first round of issues, but the past week showed us that wasn't enough. We're going further.

Stay updated

You can subscribe to real-time incident notifications at statuspage.incident.io/wispr-flow. Current status is also always visible at wisprflow.ai/support.

See the Flow Hub in more languages

Although most of the team has been heads down on stability, we also shipped Desktop localization.

This means you can now choose between English, German, Spanish. Italian, and Portugese and all of your settings, notifications, insights, and more will be updated to your preferred language automatically.

To change this preference, go to Settings > General > App language.

https://reddit.com/link/1u2i04b/video/i3rlwlejej6h1/player

Hey everyone, we know Wispr Flow hasn't been as reliable the past few weeks, so we want to address what's been happening and how we're handling it.

• Reliability/outages: We've been scaling up infrastructure and the rollout hit some unexpected instability. We've since built in redundancy so a single provider outage doesn't take us down, and we're standing up proper health monitoring and an on-call rotation.
• Accuracy: The introduction of our new auto-cleanup setting may have affected other settings as well, and we're testing a rollback now. We're also working on an upgraded speech recognition model that should improve both accuracy and latency, especially for users who've noticed quality slipping over time. All users run on the same model, so any improvements roll out to everyone.

We're also investing in better internal tooling so issues like these get caught before they reach you.

This is the top priority across our engineering, infrastructure, and product teams right now, and we appreciate your patience in the meantime.

EDIT/UPDATE: Dictation latencies have stabilized. We continue to closely monitor the situation, and will keep the incident open until we have high confidence that stability is restored.

Hey everyone,

Wanted to put this in one place rather than answer threads individually. A lot of you have been seeing Flow run slow or fail to go through, and we know how disruptive that is when it's part of how you work. We're sorry, and we want to be straight about what's going on.

The cause is new capacity we've been bringing online. As it comes up, it hasn't been as stable as it needs to be, which is what's leading to the slowdowns and dropped requests. It's affecting some users in every region, not one specific area.

What we're doing now:

• Adding more capacity across every region
• Improving how requests get routed so more of them go through reliably while we finish scaling up

Once things are fully stable, we'll review what caused this and share what we're changing to keep it from happening again.

If you want to subscribe to or follow along with status updates you can go to: https://statuspage.incident.io/wispr-flow

Today, we're announcing a 48-hour Mother's Day hackathon with Lovable. Build something for the moms in your life: a planning tool, a recipe app, a memory book, whatever you think might make her smile or make her life easier.

Sons, daughters, fathers, partners, grandkids, and friends of moms are all welcome to participate!

What's Lovable?

Lovable lets you build real, working apps just by describing what you want. No engineering team, no technical skills. You tell it what to build and it builds it.

Why Wispr Flow + Lovable

Lovable is prompt-driven, so output quality depends on how well you describe what you want. When you use Wispr Flow to speak your prompts instead of typing, you naturally give more detail and context. Better prompts, better builds.

Our Chief of Staff Lyndall demoed this by building a childcare planning app while holding a baby. (Sound on for baby noises!)

https://reddit.com/link/1t6s83x/video/etawvsph3tzg1/player

Timeline (all dates in PT)

• May 8-9: Build and submit
• May 10-11: Community voting
• May 13: Winners announced

Prizes

• 1st:
  • $1,000 USD digital gift card
  • 2 years Wispr Flow Pro
  • 500 Lovable credits
• 2nd:
  • $500 USD digital gift card
  • 1 year Wispr Flow Pro
  • 300 Lovable credits
• 3rd:
  • $250 USD digital gift card
  • 6 months Wispr Flow Pro
  • 150 Lovable credits

Happy building!
https://builtformoms.lovable.app/

💻 Desktop Updates - v1.5.113

🗒️ Scratchpad: A notepad that lives on top of everything (Beta)

Scratchpad replaces Flow Notes on Desktop. It's a lightweight notepad you can pull up with a keyboard shortcut (Option + S on Mac) without leaving whatever app you're in. It floats on top of your screen like a sticky note.

On Desktop, it's a rich-text editor with tabs, version history, a notes sidebar, and image support. Your notes sync between Desktop and iPhone. (It is not yet available on Android.) 

This is in beta. Note that there are occasional syncing issues between devices that we're actively fixing. If you previously used Flow Notes, your notes are still here under the new name.

Find it: Press Option + S on Mac, or click Scratchpad in the left sidebar of the Hub.

Help Center: Using the Scratchpad to Save and Edit Notes

https://reddit.com/link/1t13ncj/video/ykmxa5glwkyg1/player

🪄 Transforms: Rewrite any text with AI (Beta)

Transforms lets you highlight any text, press a shortcut, and have Flow rewrite it using AI. It works anywhere Flow works.

There are two built-in transforms to start: Polish cleans up your text for clarity and conciseness, and Prompt Engineer restructures what you dictated into a well-formatted AI prompt. You can also create your own custom transforms with any prompt you want.

You can run a transform on demand by highlighting text and pressing the shortcut. Or set one to run automatically after every dictation, so your text is polished before it's even pasted.

A note on how this is different from Auto Cleanup: Auto Cleanup applies to every dictation at the moment you dictate. Transforms give you the option to change text after the fact, on any text you select, with more specific control over what the rewrite does.

This is in beta. The core functionality is solid, but we're still working on discoverability and activation. Give it a try and let us know what you think.

Find it: Highlight text, then either hover over the Flow Bar and click the wand icon OR apply a keyboard shortcut. To modify your keyboard shortcuts and Transforms options, go to Transforms in the left sidebar of the Hub.

Help Center: How to Use Transforms

https://reddit.com/link/1t13ncj/video/uzydmtpmwkyg1/player

Dictate into AI coding terminals without your text getting hidden

If you use Claude Code or Codex in your terminal, longer dictations used to get collapsed into an unreadable "[Pasted N lines]" block. Now Flow automatically keeps your dictated text visible and editable, so you can review what you said before sending it. Learn more →

Check Flow's status anytime

You can now see whether Flow is experiencing any issues at statuspage.incident.io/wispr-flow. If dictation feels slow or something seems off, this page will tell you whether it's a Flow-wide issue or something on your end. You can subscribe to get notified automatically when incidents happen or resolve. We're also working on bringing status updates directly into the app in a future release.

Recover dictations after quitting

If you quit or restart Flow mid-dictation, your audio is now automatically saved. Reopen the app, go to History, and click Recover to finish processing it. No more lost thoughts from an accidental Cmd+Q.

Clearer microphone error messages

When Flow can't access your mic, you now get a specific notification telling you exactly what's wrong: mic unplugged, in use by another app, or blocked by system settings. Each one includes a suggested fix so you can get back to dictating fast. Learn more →

Sync your subscription instantly

If you upgraded to Pro on another device but Desktop still shows your old plan, there's now a sync button in Settings → Plans & Billing that refreshes your status in one click. No more contacting support.

IT Admin seats for Enterprise

Organizations can now add non-paid IT Admin seats to their plan. IT Admins can manage settings, billing, and usage in the Admin Portal without needing a full Flow license. Useful for IT teams that need to manage the rollout without being active Flow users themselves.

‍🤖 Android Updates - v1.88

Smarter shake gesture.

Shake to un-snooze now only activates when Flow is actually snoozed. When you're not snoozed, the accelerometer is completely off, which saves battery and eliminates false triggers from scrolling or moving your phone around. Learn more →

Smarter back button navigation.

The system back button now behaves the way you'd expect: open drawers close cleanly, keyboards dismiss before navigation happens, and you always land back on Home with predictable behavior across every screen.‍

🍎‍ iPhone Updates - v1.59

Scratchpad syncs with Desktop. Your Scratchpad notes now sync between Desktop and iPhone. On iPhone, however, it's a plain-text editor and is still named Notes. It will be renamed Scratchpad and include more functionality in future releases.

📊 Insights: See How You Use Flow

Flow now has an Insights tab with three views. This is a first version, and we plan to make it much more useful over time: think actionable tips, coaching on how you communicate, and deeper patterns. For now, here's what's there:

Your Usage shows your words per minute (and how you stack up against other Flow users), total words dictated, words cleaned up by Flow, smart replacements from your dictionary and snippets, a breakdown of which apps you use Flow in most, and a daily streak heatmap.

https://preview.redd.it/byh4opdc47xg1.png?width=1446&format=png&auto=webp&s=e457bb109792045665bc252337c2bb455797005b

‍Your Voice generates a communication profile from your dictation patterns: your archetype, your catchphrase, your most corrected word, and when you're most active. Unlocks at 2,000 words and gets richer over time.

https://preview.redd.it/b2ny758d47xg1.png?width=1446&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8f32375424441dfb6939c1f96d8e46b2e3126af

Leaderboard lets Enterprise teams see who's dictating most, with weekly and all-time views and a top three podium.

https://preview.redd.it/mp6zam5e47xg1.png?width=1446&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1b20e661dc70edbd68e047e1c7b2dcdb1828405

This is just our v1 of Insights. We want to hear what would make it most valuable to you. What stats would you actually act on? What would you want to learn about how you speak?

Find it: Click Insights in the left sidebar.

🧼 Auto Cleanup: Choose How Much Flow Edits for You

If you used Smart Formatting before, this its replacement in a new place with more control. Auto Cleanup now lives under the Style tab (not Settings), and instead of a simple on/off toggle, you can pick from four levels:

• None: transcribes exactly what you said, including mistakes
• Light: cleans up filler words and grammar
• Medium: edits for clarity and conciseness
• High: rewrites for brevity and polish

Your original dictation is never lost: hover over any transcript in your history, click the three dots, and select "Undo AI edit" to see the raw version. Redo it anytime.

https://preview.redd.it/8xdthbztr7xg1.png?width=1446&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e836cc5c439dd10149e50533271ecd62aff042b

We're still refining the UI and where exactly this lives in the product, so expect this to evolve. But if you previously wanted more or less cleanup than the old on/off toggle gave you, this should already be a big improvement.

Find it: Style tab in the sidebar → Auto Cleanup.

Help Center: How to Use Auto Cleanup (Beta)

Control how your transcripts are stored.

New local data storage options let you choose to save transcripts normally, auto-delete them after 24 hours, or never store them on your device at all. Find it in Settings → Privacy.

Share an invite link to grow your team.

Team admins can now generate a shareable link that lets new members join instantly, no manual approval needed. Find it on the Team page in Settings or the Admin Portal. Learn more.

Reliability improvements.

"Start at login" on Windows now works reliably. We also improved text insertion reliability and fixed edge cases with notifications and dictation responsiveness.

‍🤖 Android Updates

Less bubble, more screen

The Flow bubble now auto-shrinks after 5 seconds of inactivity. Choose between a compact icon or a tiny dot, and it even auto-minimizes in search fields so it's never in the way. Tap it anytime to restore and start dictating. Find the setting under Settings → Bubble Size.

Cleaner notification tray

We removed the persistent foreground notification that was cluttering your notifications. Flow still runs reliably in the background. You just won't see the extra notification anymore. Learn more.

Copy button after dictation

A quick copy-to-clipboard button now appears next to the bubble after each dictation. Tap it to grab your transcribed text, or let it auto-dismiss after 10 seconds. Learn more →

Adjustable bubble opacity

If the bubble feels visually distracting over certain apps, you can now dial it back. A new opacity slider in Settings lets you set it anywhere from 20% to 100%.

Reliability improvements

The Flow bubble is more responsive when you tap into text fields, the service recovers automatically if your device's battery manager stops it, and we're now fully compatible with Android 16.

🍎‍ iPhone Updates

Quick Dictation to Notes shortcut.

You can now assign a built-in "Quick Dictation to Notes" shortcut to your Action Button, no iCloud workaround needed. Press the button, dictate, and your words are saved directly to Flow Notes, even when you stop from the Dynamic Island. Find it in Settings → Action Button → search for Wispr Flow.

Help Center: Set up Action Button for Flow on iPhone