There is a lot to praise about Google’s Pixel 9 series, from great battery life to a top-quality display. It’s certainly a lot better than all its predecessors, not just in headline features but also in the little things. Unlike its predecessors, the Pixel 9 has a call recording feature in the Phone app, thanks to the Call Notes feature Google launched last year.
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In addition to allowing users to record calls, Call Notes uses AI to transcribe and summarize calls for people in the US. The only caveat is that all those recordings pile up fast and eat up the storage in your phone. If you haven’t tried the feature because of this reason, you might want to reconsider your decision, as Google has finally started to fix the issue with a new feature.
Google Call Notes is getting smarter about storage
A couple of months ago, we reported that Google was working on an ‘Automatically delete Call Notes’ toggle in the Phone app’s Settings. And it looks like two months were just enough for the company to fully develop the feature and start rolling it out to the users. As spotted by Telegram user Alexandria, Google has finally started rolling out the Call Notes feature to Pixel 9 handsets (via Android Authority).
Image source: Alexandria
As the name suggests, instead of allowing the call recordings to choke your storage, it lets you decide when you want them to be erased. You can choose between “After 7 days,” “After 14 days,” and “After 30 days” options. It’ll remember your preference and automatically delete those recordings so that you don’t have to do it manually.
If you don’t feel comfortable giving Call Notes the power to delete your call recordings, you can set it to “Never” while setting up the feature. This is perhaps the best option for those who feel their call recordings are too important to auto-delete. If that’s the case, instead of allowing mass deletion after a certain time, manually deleting the ones that you don’t need is the only option you have.
Moreover, Call Notes has a button to delete recordings in bulk with just a tap. If none of those recordings are important anymore, this is what you should use, assuming you haven’t enabled the auto-delete capability. While all of this may sound helpful, it’s worth remembering that the Call Notes feature is available only to people in the US. The sooner that limitation is gone, the better.
