[relatedtitle]

I assume it's because speech to text isn't perfectly accurate and Google doesn't want random profanity appearing in inappropriate contexts whenever it does fail.

[Hizonner]

Not, in fact, an acceptable excuse. Google, and any whiners who would have a problem with that, need to grow up.

[collinmcnulty]

While I agree with you in principle, remember that some users are literally children. Should they have a toggle for “I am an adult”? Yes. But it does make sense to have some accommodation for users who don’t find profanity appropriate yet.