Pause Qbit, hurry things up, or interrupt, here’s how

A spoken conversation goes better with a few handy controls. Here’s how to stop Qbit mid sentence, pause the listening while you take a breath, or switch back to typing without losing the thread.

Steps

1. Tap the microphone button in the bottom bar to pause listening. It turns into a red mic with a line through it. Tap it again to carry on.
2. Tap the strip just above the bottom bar, over the glow, to finish your turn early or to cut Qbit off mid sentence.
3. Tap the gear in the top right, then pick 0.9x, 1x or 1.2x for how fast Qbit talks. Qbit remembers your choice.
4. Tap “Type a reply...” to close the voice screen and land in the very same conversation, typed.
5. Tap the Qbit logo at the top left to close it and go Home.
6. Tap the X in the bottom bar to end the conversation. On a computer, Escape does the same thing.

Tips

• 1.2x is a small change that makes long answers feel much brisker.
• “Type a reply...” keeps the same thread. It was a normal conversation all along, just spoken.

Good to know

Good to know: The spot for cutting in is a wide invisible strip just above the bar rather than a labeled button, so nobody interrupts Qbit with a stray thumb.

Updated 20 October 2026