Google is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign that tries to really simplify Pixel Recorder. It comes as the Pixel 10 series debuts a new music creator.
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With the Pixel 10, Google is introducing a new Journal app that lets you quickly jot down what’s happening in your life. There are also updates to Pixel Recorder, Screenshots, and Studio.
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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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Google is working on a “Clear voice” feature for the Pixel Recorder that will “Reduce background noise while recording for clearer speech playback.”
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Like the Screenshots app, Recorder is using Gemini Nano with Multimodality on the Pixel 9 series. Google shared more details about the integration earlier this week.
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Besides the Summarize expansion and enhancement with the June Feature Drop, Pixel Recorder is adding a simple app shortcut.
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During The Android Show today, Google shared more about Gemini Nano, including how it won’t be coming to the Pixel 8.
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As a part of its huge AI push, Samsung is launching a new transcription option in its Voice Recorder app which works similarly to Google’s Recorder app on Pixels, but it’s not quite as good.
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Recorder is for transcribing audio, and that singular focus feels rare in modern apps that are packed to the brim with (tangentially) related capabilities. I almost equate it to a single-purpose physical tool, while the only other equivalent piece of software that comes to mind is Calculator.
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Besides the Gemini Nano-powered Summarize on the 8 Pro, the latest Recorder update adds “Transcribe again” to other Pixel devices.
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In addition to Gboard Smart Reply, Gemini Nano on the Pixel 8 Pro powers a “Summarize’ feature in Recorder.
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Later this year, Google will add AI summaries to the Recorder app on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, but in the meantime, you can now favorite your recordings.
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Besides a new Thermometer app, Google is introducing a new Magnifier app with Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. The Pixel’s excellent Recorder app is also getting a “Summarize” feature for recordings later this year.
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Given its transcription capabilities, the Pixel Recorder app is billed as being useful for meetings, lectures, band practices, and family memories. However, Google has found that the “majority of these recorder sessions are three minutes or less,” with Pixel owners using the app for short memos.
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After getting a Material You refresh in April, Google has updated Pixel Recorder on the web with audio editing capabilities.
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Ahead of the Pixel Tablet and Fold launch next month, Google is rolling out an update to Recorder that offers a UI that’s better optimized for large screens.
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The last major update to Pixel Recorder in December introduced Speaker Labels, and Google has since refreshed the website with some quirky Material You tweaks.
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Google’s Recorder app for Pixel is quite the productivity app. The feature set goes well beyond what other recording apps offer, which is a good thing but also makes it more complicated. This guide will go through how to use the app, including using speaker labels, backing up recordings through your Google Account, and even searching through your memos.
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As part of December’s Pixel Feature Drop, Google’s excellent Recorder app gained Speaker Labels that can identify multiple people. As with previous editions, the team behind it is out with an explanation of how the feature came to be.
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During the October event, Google previewed that the Pixel’s Recorder app will soon be able to identify multiple people, and “Speaker Labels” are now rolling out.
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Google released the last update to the Pixel’s Recorder app with Android 13 QPR1 Beta. The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will launch with Recorder 4.0 with some nice usability tweaks, but a bigger multi-speaker support upgrade is coming later.
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Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 includes an update to the Pixel’s Recorder app, with version 3.7 introducing a number of usability tweaks like support for the Android 13 media player.
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Recorder is one of Google’s best applications of on-device machine learning (ML), exclusive to Pixel phones. The transcription app surprisingly originated inside the Google Creative Lab as the company sets out to build more “Pixel Smarts.”
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Google last updated the Recorder app in March with Material You tweaks and a Quick Settings tile, as well as a curious landscape UI that looks awfully good on tablets. The Recorder website that lets you play audio from your Pixel also recently added the ability to control playback speed.
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