I&#x27;m a private person, and I frequently text things that would be difficult to vocalize. I&#x27;m not likely to use speech recognition often, regardless of how good it gets. I also go back and re-edit my messages before sending, fairly often. That would be a pain with voice.<p>I often use Signal for messaging (same encryption that Whatsapp is now using). It defeats the point of encryption if I&#x27;m just sending the audio off to Google to transcribe, anyhow.<p>As for Whatsapp: I don&#x27;t have any clear reason to install that instead of Viber, Line, or a half-dozen other messaging apps. Instead, I use Signal for some paranoid friends and SMS&#x2F;MMS for everyone else. I&#x27;ve tried other apps, but I don&#x27;t really see the point of using them regularly.