Snooze the Dictation Bubble
Last updated: October 18, 2026
Available on: Android
Snooze hides the Flow Bubble completely, unlike shrinking it to a small icon or dot. Use it when the bubble covers content while you read, record a video, or take a screenshot.
Snooze the bubble
Snooze is available only when the bubble is idle in a text field. Finish or cancel any dictation and wait for processing to finish first. Flow's microphone is not active when you snooze.
Tap a text field to show the Flow Bubble.
Drag the Flow Bubble slowly toward the bottom-center of the screen until the snooze target appears.
Release over the target; a confirmation vibration signals that the bubble is close enough to snooze.
A quick flick won't show the target. To cancel, move away before releasing; the bubble returns to the nearest screen edge.
The bubble disappears, and a message confirms: "Wispr Flow is snoozed for 10 min.
Shake your phone to bring it back."
While snoozed, tapping a text field or typing does not reveal the bubble in any app.
Bring the bubble back
Snooze lasts 10 minutes, cannot be customized, and ends automatically. To end it early, use either method below.
However snooze ends, the bubble returns to its default right-edge position when it reappears, not where you left it.
Shake your phone
Note: Flow checks motion sensors only while snoozed. Shaking a locked phone leaves snooze active without a message or vibration. In restricted banking or financial apps, it leaves snooze active and shows "Flow Bubble is disabled inside banking apps."
Unlock your phone.
Make sure you are not inside a restricted banking or financial app.
Shake firmly twice within 1.2 seconds, in any direction.
A single light shake or two shakes farther apart won't work; one extremely fast jolt counts only once. "Wispr Flow is back!" and a vibration, on phones with vibration support, confirm that snooze ended.
You don't need a text field open to end snooze; the bubble returns immediately if a text field is already open, and otherwise stays hidden until the next text field is focused.
Shake-to-wake needs Flow's accessibility connection; it resumes if accessibility reconnects while snooze remains active.
End snooze in the app
Open Wispr Flow.
Tap End snooze now on the home screen's Bubble is snoozed card.
Tap a text field to reveal the bubble; this method does not reveal it immediately.
With Flow running and its bubble enabled, the button confirms: "Flow Bubble is back and will appear next time you are in a text box." The same confirmation appears when Flow starts while its home screen is open.
The card appears during snooze but can linger if Flow stops before the timer ends; the timer stops too. In that case, End snooze now does nothing and shows no confirmation; use Flow Bubble Disabled below.
If snooze is unavailable
The target is unavailable during errors or accessibility repair. If accessibility needs attention during a drag, the bubble stays visible and Flow shows "Snooze is unavailable while accessibility needs attention." During an active snooze, an accessibility problem ends snooze so the repair prompt stays visible.
Accessibility recovery prompts appear only after setup is complete.
Flow can't insert text
This card appears when accessibility permission is missing. The "Wispr Flow needs attention" notification opens Flow's in-app repair screen; without notification permission, Flow shows "Re-enable accessibility for Wispr Flow to keep working."
Open Wispr Flow.
Tap Go to Settings on the Flow can't insert text card.
Re-enable accessibility permission for Wispr Flow.
Go to Settings opens Flow's in-app permission screen. You can also tap the repair bubble for recovery.
Flow isn't responding
If you see this card or notification, accessibility is still enabled: restart Flow rather than re-granting permission. It appears after about 60 seconds at startup or following a connection loss, or 15 seconds after an update. Without notification permission, Flow shows "Wispr Flow isn't responding. Open the app to restart it."
Open Wispr Flow, or tap the notification reading "Tap to restart Wispr Flow."
Tap Restart Flow on the Flow isn't responding card.
You can also tap the repair bubble to restart. If Restart Flow opens Flow's permission screen instead, follow its instructions.
Flow Bubble is reconnecting
During reconnection, the bubble is not tappable and snooze is unavailable. TalkBack announces "Flow Bubble is reconnecting. Dictation paused." Wait for reconnection before retrying snooze.
Flow Bubble Disabled
This card appears only when Flow has stopped running in the background and Display over other apps, Accessibility and Microphone permissions are all granted.
After Android closes Flow or you force-stop it, opening the app while signed in automatically attempts to restart it. If it remains stopped:
Tap Turn Back On on the Flow Bubble Disabled card to restart it.
Tap a text field to check that the bubble returns.
Restarting restores text-field and typing triggers; it does not immediately show the bubble.
Restart requires completed setup and the "display over other apps" permission; Android can also block background starts. If that permission is missing at startup, Flow stops and shows "Wispr Flow is missing a system permission. Open the app to fix this."
Wispr Flow stopped
If "Wispr Flow stopped" appears while accessibility is on, restarting does not fix this condition. Follow the prompt "Turn Wispr Flow off and on again in Accessibility settings."; Fix in Settings opens Flow's guide. This prompt is not shown on every Android phone.
Retry snooze once the bubble is idle in a text field. "Flow Bubble reconnected." appears only after a visible repair bubble; on a first connection, it also requires recovery following a startup or post-update connection delay.
FAQs
What happens if Flow restarts or I force-stop it?
Restarting Flow's background service clears an active snooze, removes the snoozed card, and restores normal bubble behavior. Snooze does not survive a force-stop. After a force-stop, Android blocks automatic restart — the bubble only returns the next time you open the Wispr Flow app.
What if my dictation reaches the session limit?
Android dictation supports up to five minutes per session; about a minute before the limit, Flow warns "1 minute left before you reach the 5-minute limit." and vibrates. At the limit, the "Session ended" notification says "Flow supports up to 5 minutes per session" and opens the app when tapped. The recording isn't discarded: Flow transcribes and inserts the audio recorded so far.
Still need help?
Contact support if snooze remains unavailable after accessibility recovery, or the bubble stays hidden after ending snooze and tapping a text field. Include your phone model, the message you see, and the steps you tried.