The latest Scam Detection features for Google Messages and the Phone by Google app are coming to Pixel with a March update.
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Google today is out with a blog post recapping Pixel Call Assist features that also confirms the rollout of the call UI redesign and Recents filters.
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The Phone by Google app is adding filters to the “Recents” tabs that lets you sort and quickly triage your call history list.
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Google is rolling out a redesign of the Pixel Phone app’s in-call UI that gives more prominence to Call Notes and Audio Emoji.
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Introduced with the Pixel 8a in May, Audio Emoji continues to see updates, like seasonal animations, with Google now testing a more prominent access point in the Phone app.
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The latest round of Pixel Audio Emoji celebrates Christmas and the New Year, while the broader Phone by Google app is testing a more prominent video calling shortcut.
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In addition to Pixel Screenshots and Studio, Google is rolling out Clear voice in Recorder and the Phone app’s Call Screen AI replies as part of the December 2024 Feature Drop.
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Following the announcement on Wednesday, the new real-time Scam Detection is rolling out to the Phone by Google app beta on Pixel.
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After demoing at I/O 2024 in May, Google is rolling out real-time Scam Detection for phone calls on Pixel devices.
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Google updated Call Screen with contextual replies last December, and the Pixel Phone app is now readying “AI Replies” powered by large language models.
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Ahead of Halloween on Thursday, seasonal Audio Emoji has arrived for Pixel users in the Google Phone app.
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The Google Phone app doesn’t often receive huge updates, but a new change to the incoming call UI appears to be in the works.
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As announced with the June Pixel Feature Drop yesterday, Phone by Google is rolling out its reverse number “Lookup” shortcut.
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As Android encourages apps to go edge-to-edge, Phone by Google has been updated with a transparent status bar.
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Audio Emoji was officially announced with the Pixel 8a, and it’s now seeing wide availability in the Phone app on Google devices.
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The Google Phone app is picking up a new trick, with the app now rolling out “Audio Emoji” to some users.
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As previewed in early February, the Google Phone dialer app has removed the Nearby places search feature on Android.
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The Google Phone app appears to be testing out support for showing calls from WhatsApp, as well as making it easier to start a video call with someone.
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The Phone by Google (as it’s officially named) app is losing a “Nearby Places” feature that “allowed business name search queries entered into the Phone app to provide local business phone number results beyond just your personal contacts.”
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As was first announced at the Made by Google event at the beginning of the month, you can now use the Google Assistant to ask if an incoming call from a contact is urgent.
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Pixel Call Assist is one of Google’s differentiating phone features and the company is actively beta testing new Call Screen capabilities.
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Phone calling is one of the biggest areas where Google uses AI to differentiate the Pixel experience. More advanced Pixel Call Screen capabilities that take advantage of conversational AI are now being teased.
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Back in September, the Google Phone app started testing a new calling screen, and the bottom sheet redesign is now seeing wider availability.
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With Android 13, Google began work on a predictive back gesture to “let users preview the destination or other result of a back gesture before fully completing it,” and you can now preview it with the Phone app on Pixel.
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