With the Recorder app, Google has certainly delivered one of the biggest surprises on its Pixel phones in recent years. Originally a simple voice memo app, Google Recorder has become an unparalleled voice recording app with transcripts.
Google Recorder works for real-time transcripts on your handheld device. Everything happens right on the Pixel phone. This includes detecting a baby crying, a dog barking or a doorbell ringing. For a better search, important keywords are automatically highlighted in the transcript
A testament to how powerful machine learning already is on Google devices.
Google Recorder was developed at Google Creative Labs and they are very keen to be able to land more hits like it. That’s why you’re looking for employees who have a common goal. “As Director of Product Management for Pixel Smarts, you will focus on creating differentiated experiences on Pixels that leverage our machine learning expertise.”
New Pixel Smarts of course Leverage the unique hardware of Pixel devices and employ advanced machine learning. Google is building a new team for it and working on a new product roadmap. So there will be many more Pixel smart things in the future, we can be sure of that.
A Pixel Smart Highlight for me is now running. Your Pixel phone will automatically display the music you listen to on the lock screen. It doesn’t need to start Shazam or recognize a song, it happens automatically in the background. I personally love that very much, this little feature stands out in everyday life.
Pixel smarts will be the essential feature that can differentiate the Pixel phone from competing devices. You can be sure that Google will come up with more in this area in the future. We can wait for the Pixel 7 presentation in October.
