voice dial

Call by speaking

Voice dial is a phone feature that places calls through spoken commands rather than manual input.

You say a name or number and the phone dials it: Voice dial Mom.

The feature became standard on mobile phones in the early 2000s and is now largely subsumed by broader voice assistants.

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G