How to remove voice input on Xiaomi and turn on the usual keyboard: 5 ways

Voice input on Xiaomi smartphones can be useful in some situations, but users often find it activated accidentally or interferes with typing. This is especially annoying when a microphone appears instead of a regular keyboard, and the system stubbornly tries to recognize speech instead of showing letters. The problem is compounded by the fact that in different versions of MIUI and on different models (Redmi Note 12, POCO X5, Xiaomi 13T) the ways of disconnecting can differ.

In this article, we'll look at all the ways you can get back to a standard keyboard, from simple menu settings to resetting input, and why voice input can turn on on itself, and how to avoid it. If you're tired of the phone ignoring your taps and trying to "hear" text, read on.

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Why does Xiaomi have voice input instead of a keyboard?

There are several reasons why voice input replaces the keyboard on Xiaomi, most often due to default settings or system application failures.

• 🔄 Accidental tapping of the microphone icon in the input bar (especially relevant for the Gboard or SwiftKey keyboard).
• 🤖 Automatic switching to MIUI When connecting headphones with a microphone or using the function "Smart assistant".
• 📱 Error in keyboard settings when voice input is assigned as default input method.
• 🔄 Application conflict, for example, if you installed Google Assistant, Mi AI third-hand.
• 📲 Resetting settings after update MIUI, When the system resets input preferences.

On some models (Redmi 10, POCO F4), the problem may be due to a firmware bug, where the system mistakenly recognizes long space presses as a microphone activation command, and if you notice that voice input is activated when keys are held, it is almost certainly a software failure.

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Method 1: Disabling voice input in keyboard settings

The most obvious and quickest method is to change the settings of the current keyboard, which is suitable for the standard MIUI keyboard and most third-party keyboards (Gboard, SwiftKey).

Follow the following steps:

1. Open any application that has a field to enter text (such as Messages or Notes).
2. Tap the input field to make the keyboard appear.
3. Click on the gear icon (⚙️) tertiary (⋮) top-right corner of the keyboard.
4. Select Settings (or Additional → Keyboard Settings).
5. Find the Voice Entering (or Microphone, Speech Input) section and turn off the slider.

If you use Gboard, the path will be: Settings → Voice → Turn off Voice. For a standard MIUI keyboard, look for Settings → Additional → Speech.

Is voice input in the main menu disabled?

Is there no binding of the microphone to a long press on the space

Is the "Hot Keys" for voice control turned off?

Whether the keyboard is installed by default (see the following method)

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⚠️ Attention: On some firmware MIUI The 14th voice input item may be hidden, in which case try resetting the keyboard to the factory settings (see Method 4).

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Method 2: Replace the default keyboard

If voice input is activated instead of the keyboard, it may have been assigned by the system as the primary input method, and to fix this, you need to manually select the keyboard in the Android settings.

Instructions:

1. Go to Settings → System & Device → Language & Enter (or Additional → Language & Keyboard on older versions of MIUI).
2. Click on the Virtual Keyboard (or Keyboard Management).
3. Select the Current Keyboard (or the default Keyboard).
4. In the list, find the standard keyboard (MIUI, Gboard, SwiftKey) and install it.
5. If you have Google Voice or Mi Voice Input on the list, uncheck it.

Then check if the keyboard appears when you type in the text. If not, reboot the phone.

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If you don’t have a keyboard, install it from Google Play (like Gboard) and repeat the steps.

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Method 3: Disabling the voice assistant Mi AI

On Xiaomi smartphones, voice input is often not only the keyboard, but also the Mi AI system assistant (or Xiaomi AI Assistant in new models), which, if activated, can intercept taps on the microphone even in other applications.

To fix this:

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find Mi AI (or Xiaomi AI Assistant, GetApps) in the list.
3. Click Disable (or Remove Updates if the Disable button is inactive).
4. Go to Settings → Voices and Vibration → Voice Assistant and turn off all sliders.

Some MIUI 13/14 firmware may also need to disable Smart Assistant in Settings → Special Features → Smart Features.

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⚠️ Attention: POCO-The voice input devices can be linked to POCO In this case, try changing the launcher to a standard or Nova Launcher.

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Method 4: Reset keyboard settings to factory

If previous methods have not worked, it is possible that the keyboard settings are damaged or conflict with other applications, in which case the reset will help.

How to reset your settings:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find your keyboard (MIUI keyboard, Gboard, etc.) and open its settings.
3. Click Warehouse → Clear the data and Clear the cache.
4. Return to Settings → System → Language and input and reset the default keyboard settings.

Once reset, the keyboard will return to factory settings, and voice input will be turned off, but you will have to reconfigure auto-replacement, themes and other personal settings.

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Method 5: Manually Removing Updates for System Applications

Sometimes the problem lies in updated versions of system applications that add unnecessary features (such as voice input), and the solution is to roll back to the factory version.

How to do this:

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find: Mi AI (or Xiaomi AI Assistant) MIUI (or Miui Keyboard) GetApps (if any)

⋮ → Remove updates

Reboot the phone.

This method is especially effective if the problem has appeared after the MIUI update. For example, on the Redmi Note 10 Pro after upgrading to MIUI 13, many users have faced forced voice input - the rollback of applications solves the problem.

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Removing system app updates won’t hurt the phone, but it can reset some settings (like keyboard themes).

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Additional tips: how to avoid accidentally turning on voice input

To prevent voice input from activating on its own in the future, follow these guidelines:

• 🔕 Turn off “OK Google” in the Google Assistant settings (Settings) → Google → Settings for applications → Search, helper and voice → Voice assistant).
• 🎧 Check the Bluetooth headphone settings – some models (e.g. Xiaomi Buds) automatically activate the microphone.
• 📵 Remove unnecessary voice services such as Mi Voice Unlock or Voice Wake-up (in Settings) → Special facilities).
• 🔄 Update your firmware, but watch for reviews – sometimes new versions MIUI return old bugs.

If you often type with gloves or long nails, try increasing the sensitivity of the screen in Settings → Display → Touch sensitivity. This will help avoid false microphone positives when you press the keys.

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FAQ: Frequent questions about voice input on Xiaomi