Snooze the Dictation Bubble

Need the Flow Bubble out of the way for a moment? Drag it down to snooze it for 10 minutes, then bring it back anytime by shaking your phone or tapping a button in the app.

What it is

Snooze temporarily hides the floating Flow Bubble from your screen. After 10 minutes, the bubble automatically reappears. To bring it back sooner, shake your phone or tap End snooze now on the app's home screen.

When to use it

Use snooze when you want to:

• Clear screen space for reading or watching content

• Take screenshots without the bubble appearing

• Avoid accidental taps on the bubble during gaming or other activities

How it works

Overview

Drag the Flow Bubble into the snooze zone at the bottom of the screen to hide it for 10 minutes. End snooze early by shaking your phone or tapping End snooze now in the app.

Key behaviors

• Snoozing the bubble: Drag the Flow Bubble toward the bottom of the screen and release it into the snooze zone. The zone appears after a brief moment of dragging to prevent accidental activation, and the target icon pulls toward the bubble with haptic feedback as you get close. A toast confirms: "Wispr Flow is snoozed for 10 min. Shake your phone to bring it back."

• ​Snooze zone availability: The snooze zone only appears when the bubble is idle. Finish any active recording or processing before snoozing.

• Active dictation stops on snooze: Hiding the bubble immediately stops any active dictation and releases the microphone. The mic does not continue recording in the background.

• Copy button dismissed on hide: When the bubble is hidden, the copy button is dismissed with it. The copy button only appears if Flow can't confirm your dictated text was inserted into the text field, and it auto-dismisses after 5 seconds.

• Shake to un-snooze: Shake your phone firmly back and forth a couple of times while it's unlocked. The bubble reappears immediately with haptic feedback and a "Wispr Flow is back!" toast. Shaking only works while Flow is snoozed — it has no effect at other times.

• End snooze from the app: Open Wispr Flow and tap End snooze now on the home screen. The bubble reappears the next time you tap into a text field.

• Position after snooze ends: Whether the timer expires or you end snooze manually, the bubble resets to its default position on the right side of the screen — not where you last placed it.

• Repositioning vs. snoozing: When idle, you can drag the bubble anywhere on screen and it snaps to the left or right edge. Snooze only triggers when you drag into the specific target zone at the bottom-center.

• Snooze vs. shrink: Snooze fully hides the bubble for 10 minutes. Shrink reduces the bubble to a small icon or dot after 5 seconds of inactivity, but the bubble stays visible and active. Tap or long-press a shrunken bubble to restore full size. Configure shrink behavior in Settings → Bubble Size.

• Snooze vs. disabled: Snooze hides the bubble temporarily. If the Flow Bubble service is turned off instead, a "Flow Bubble Disabled" card appears on the app's home screen — tap Turn Back On to restart it.

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FAQs

Common issues

Limitations and notes

• Snooze duration is fixed at 10 minutes and cannot be customized.

• Shake to un-snooze requires your phone to be unlocked, and only works while the bubble is snoozed.

• The bubble resets to its default position on the right side of the screen after snooze ends or the app restarts.

• While snoozed, the bubble does not appear when you tap into text fields. Shake your phone or tap End snooze now in the app to bring it back early.

• When released near the top or bottom edge, the bubble bounces to maintain a small margin from the edge.

• The Flow Bubble is automatically hidden in banking and financial apps for security. It reappears when you switch to another app and tap into a text field.

• When there is no text field on screen (for example, on your home screen), the bubble automatically hides after about 2 seconds and reappears when you tap into a text field.

• The Flow Bubble is hidden by default while you are inside the Wispr Flow app itself.

• The Flow Bubble requires three permissions: Display over other apps (overlay), Accessibility service, and Microphone access. If any is revoked, you see a specific prompt to restore it.

• Flow Bubble opacity can be adjusted from 20% to 100% in settings. A very low opacity can make the bubble appear nearly invisible — check this before assuming the bubble is snoozed or disabled.

• The Shrink to a dot and Shrink the bubble in search fields sub-options in Settings → Bubble Size are only configurable when the master Shrink the bubble when not in use toggle is on.

• If the bubble disappears unexpectedly, Wispr Flow tries to restore it within about 45 seconds. If it doesn't reappear, open the app and tap Turn Back On if prompted.

• Shake detection only runs during snooze, so your phone's motion sensor is not polled continuously in the background.