Automatic audio message transcription
Alright, this isn’t going to be a Pixel 7/7 Pro exclusive much longer since Google announced it would be coming to the Pixel 6 and select Samsung flagship devices. But it is worth knowing about.
If you send or review voice messages—or memos, as they’re casually called—whether it’s from your iPhone-using friends or a family member on another Android device, the Messages app will transcribe the audio before you even listen to it. It works pretty well, though you do have to open up the Messages app and allow the transcription feature to engage before it relays anything. The ability is available in English, Japanese, German, and French.
I tested this feature from my iPhone 14 Pro Max review unit. I sent out a voice message to the Pixel 7 Pro review unit. It took about a minute to process. The punctuation was a little off in the ultimate transcription, but it still got the voice message’s basic gist before I could listen. 5/5
