Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Akshay Bhalla was the former game guides editor for Screen Rant and the technology editor at MensXP. He has previously written about smartphones, apps, streaming, gadgets, and games for print, digital, and TV media outlets. When he isn’t writing about tech, he can often be found playing JRPGs, listening to music, or playing with his three dogs.

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I've often been mid-task, like walking the dog or cooking a meal, when I needed to jot down a note in Google Keep .

In those situations, typing can be difficult, and recording a voice memo in a dedicated recorder app can be hard to use later.

But Keep's nifty voice-note feature was the perfect solution, and I use it every day now.

How I use Google Keep's voice transcription feature for taking notes

Taking notes with my voice has never been this easy

Credit: Lucas Gouveia / Android Police

I've used Google Keep for notes since the app launched, and with recent Gemini…