- Call recording is rolling out to Pixel 6 and later
- This feature is coming to phones that don’t support call notes
- It allows you to record calls via the Phone app
If you own one of Google’s latest phones, you may have access to Call Notes, an AI-powered feature that can record your calls and make transcriptions and summaries of them. This feature is now quite widely available, with the latest Pixel Feature Drop also bringing it to more countries, including the UK and Australia. But not all Pixels support it, and if yours doesn’t, Google has an alternative.
The company has started rolling out call recording to all models starting with the Pixel 6 that don’t support call notes. In practice, that means the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, Pixel 8 series, and Pixel 9a.
To get it, you also need Android 14 or above and the latest version of the Phone app, then simply open the Phone app, go to its settings screen and tap “Call recording”.
Record calls from anyone and everyone
On this screen you will find a few options, including one to enable call recording and another to automatically record calls with non-contacts. You can also choose to automatically record calls from specific numbers and manage if and when recordings are automatically deleted.
So configure all of this to your liking, but at a minimum you’ll probably want to enable the call recording toggle, so you at least have the option to record calls. Once you are on a call, you will find the option to record the conversation in the Call Assist menu, which will be visible on the call screen.
Once you press the Call Recording button, there will be a countdown followed by a message telling everyone on the call that it is being recorded. To stop recording during a call, press the “Stop” button in the Call Assist menu. And to play the recording after the call, you will find it in the Home tab of the Phone app.
So this is a potentially useful feature, and it’s nice to see Google trying to offer alternative options for phones that don’t support its advanced AI tools.
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