4. Voice Translate
Finding your way through a foreign country? Working with people who speak a different language? Trying to charm your in-laws who live in another part of the world? Voice Translate has you covered. Running fully on-device, it uses AI to translate phone calls while retaining what sounds like each speaker’s voice for a more natural experience. Once you’ve enabled this feature in settings on your Pixel 10, you can turn it on via the “Call Assist” menu during calls to pick a language and start chatting.
5. Call Screen and Scam Detection in more countries
Call Screen continues to be a fan favorite. Now, you’ll be able to screen calls manually or automatically in Australia, Canada and Ireland. And Pixel 10 owners in India will be able to start experimenting with the beta version of Manual Call Screen soon, working in English and Hindi initially with more languages and dialects on the way. We are also working on helping users in India who do not speak the same language as the caller, by providing the ability to translate what is said to Call Screen to the user’s language.
Scam Detection is also expanding to India, as well as Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, so more people can stay safe from phone scams.
6. Call Notes gets even better
People have loved using Call Notes to help remember key bits from calls. Your notes will now also suggest calendar events, tasks and reminders that you can create with one tap after your call, so you don’t have to struggle with remembering details or scrambling for a pen during your conversations. And you’ll also now have options to have Call Notes turn on for every call, with a helpful 3-second initiation timer so you can switch it off for calls you don’t want to capture. Call Notes will also roll out to additional countries as a beta preview this year to Australia, Canada, India and Ireland.
7. Call Screen and Call Notes on Android Auto
More and more people rely on their Phone app to safely connect with friends and loved ones while they drive. To ensure you’re only picking up when it matters, Android Auto will now allow your phone to screen calls in your car. And for when you have to take the call, but can’t jot down the important takeaways, we’re also bringing Call Notes to Android Auto later this year.
8. Take a Message
Take a Message is a new feature that separates your missed or declined calls from spam. You’ll get real-time transcripts for missed or declined calls, with our signature spam detection algorithms filtering out those annoying spam messages. It will also use advanced AI to identify post-message next steps for you.
9. Call Recording expansion
Even without transcription or AI-powered note taking, basic Call Recording is a fundamentally useful feature for some types of calls. In all countries where Pixel is supported, Call Recording will be available on Pixel 6 and newer, for devices that can’t support richer Call Notes functionality. Like Call Notes, by default a disclaimer is played to respect the other caller’s privacy. This expansion to new countries will roll out through the rest of the year.
That’s all of the latest on how taking, making and screening calls has gotten even better on Pixel.
