Since we haven't heard from you in a while, we'll close this support ticket for now. If you need any help in the future, feel free to reach out to us!
Sean Howell
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Mar 18
I’m on Android (Google Pixel Fold 10). When I switch transcription from Omi (cloud) to on‑device, the live transcript starts looping generic YouTube‑style lines like: “See you next time! Thank you for watching!” It does this continuously, even when the room is silent and the fan is off.When I switch back to Omi (cloud) and restart both the app and device, the looping stops completely. Seems tied specifically to enabling on‑device transcription.
L1 Support Team - Omi AI
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Mar 19
This is a known issue with on-device transcription hallucinating on silence — the model picks up tiny noise (or no noise) and generates generic phrases it was trained on (YouTube, common speech patterns).
Why it happens:
On-device Whisper can "hallucinate" when given silence/very low audio
Charger electrical noise might be feeding the mic just enough to trigger it
Cloud transcription has better filtering/VAD (voice activity detection)
Fix: Just stick with Omi (cloud) transcription for now — it's more reliable and has proper silence filtering.
On-device is experimental and has this bug.
If you need on-device: Try:
Unplug from charger (test if electrical noise is the trigger)
Check mic permissions for Omi app (maybe picking up system audio?)
Report this with app version (Settings → About) so devs can fix the hallucination filter
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L1 Support Team - Omi AI
Mar 24
Since we haven't heard from you in a while, we'll close this support ticket for now. If you need any help in the future, feel free to reach out to us!
Sean Howell
Mar 18
I’m on Android (Google Pixel Fold 10). When I switch transcription from Omi (cloud) to on‑device, the live transcript starts looping generic YouTube‑style lines like: “See you next time! Thank you for watching!” It does this continuously, even when the room is silent and the fan is off.When I switch back to Omi (cloud) and restart both the app and device, the looping stops completely. Seems tied specifically to enabling on‑device transcription.
L1 Support Team - Omi AI
Mar 19
This is a known issue with on-device transcription hallucinating on silence — the model picks up tiny noise (or no noise) and generates generic phrases it was trained on (YouTube, common speech patterns).
Why it happens:
On-device Whisper can "hallucinate" when given silence/very low audio
Charger electrical noise might be feeding the mic just enough to trigger it
Cloud transcription has better filtering/VAD (voice activity detection)
Fix: Just stick with Omi (cloud) transcription for now — it's more reliable and has proper silence filtering.
On-device is experimental and has this bug.
If you need on-device: Try:
Unplug from charger (test if electrical noise is the trigger)
Check mic permissions for Omi app (maybe picking up system audio?)
Report this with app version (Settings → About) so devs can fix the hallucination filter
What app version are you on?