Sometimes you need someone to answer right away. Maybe you are locked out. Maybe those concert tickets are about to go on sale. Android users are about to get a helpful upgrade that gives their calls ...

The cold call is dead, at least for smartphones. But the phone conversation itself hasn’t lost its value; only the path to it has changed. Apple and Google have now both introduced technology that ...

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Google is rolling out native call recording to older Pixel phones that don’t have the AI-powered Call Notes feature. The feature is now available to the Pixel 6 series and later through the Google ...

Recent findings suggest that Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8.5 update will introduce automatic call screening, replacing the manual Bixby system. The AI feature will auto-answer and transcribe calls, ...

After announcing in September, Google is now widely rolling out Call Recording on Pixel phones that lack AI-powered Call Notes. Go to the Phone app > Settings for a ...

To address how Phone by Google recently gained a landscape calling screen, the dialer app is now offering a setting to “Keep portrait mode on calls.” Update 1/20/26: This setting is back as of beta ...