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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Enable voice search

Enable your users to search for items, articles, and people using native speech recognition from an app on their mobile device.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Warning: Voice search uses native speech recognition and relies on your operating system's cloud server to transcribe voice into text search. If you have data privacy concerns about search queries moving to the operating system cloud server, do not turn on voice search.

Procedure

  1. In the application navigator, enter sys_properties.list.

  2. Click New to add a new system property.

  3. On the form, fill in the fields.

    FieldValue
    NameEnter glide.sg.voice_search.enabled.
    TypeSelect true | false.
    ValueEnter True.
  4. Click Submit.

Result

The global search bar in the Now Mobile app includes a microphone icon. Users must select this icon and allow the app to access speech recognition on their mobile device to use voice search.