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TL;DR
- The “Take a Message” feature on Google Phone may soon gain more customization options.
- We’ve spotted the ability to set custom voicemail greetings using the feature.
- Setting custom greetings currently requires you to do it through your carrier, and this change may make the process less annoying.
With all the advanced features added to our phones, basic ones, such as making calls or sending texts, may seem neglected. Thankfully, they aren’t entirely overlooked, especially as brands like Google introduce new features that help us make or screen calls more efficiently. One such feature is Google’s Take a Message in the Phone app, which automatically generates a text transcript of your voicemails.
The feature is available on Pixel 4 and newer devices in the US, the UK, Australia, and Ireland. At the beginning of the recording, you can also set a custom voicemail greeting, and Google now appears to be adding new options that could give you better control over those greetings.