Google Call Recording Launches On More Pixel Phones

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The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones.

Google is now wide rolling retired Call Recording to Pixel 6 and newer devices that don’t support nan Gemini Nano-powered Call Notes feature recovered successful nan Pixel 9 and 10’s Phone app, arsenic spotted by 9to5Google.

Google first announced nan description of nan Call Recording characteristic in September. It should beryllium disposable aft you update nan Phone by Google app and guarantee you person nan November Pixel Drop installed, according to Android Authority, which besides has entree to nan characteristic connected a Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro Fold aft updates.

Call Notes uses AI to transcribe telephone calls and make summaries that item cardinal points and “next steps” connected nan Pixel 9 and above. But Call Recording, which tin beryllium activated by navigating to Settings > Call Assist > Call Recording successful nan Phone app, simply creates audio files stored connected your instrumentality that you’ll request to transcribe done different apps aliases services.

Recordings tin beryllium started manually astatine nan commencement of a call, but successful nan Phone app’s settings, you tin take to automatically grounds calls from a database of circumstantial numbers aliases for calls that aren’t successful your contacts. The recordings tin beryllium group to automatically delete aft 7, 14, aliases 30 days, aliases you tin take to support them each forever.

After turning connected Call Recording, you’ll request to download immoderate audio files that pass everyone connected a telephone that they’re being recorded. You’ll group it up during your first call, erstwhile Google explains really nan recordings are handled and stored.

While Pixel 6 and newer devices require Android 14 aliases higher to usage Call Recording, non-Pixel devices pinch nan Phone app installed only require Android 9 aliases newer.