With thePixel 7aandPixel Tabletlaunches now behind us, we eagerly await thePixel 8announcement. From a software standpoint, this launch could be even more exciting because Google has doubled down on its generative AI efforts. We are seeing Workspace apps andGoogle Search pick up new featureson the regular, but now, a rumor suggests the Pixel-exclusiveRecorder appcould get AI-powered capabilities too.
Google Recorder is already quite powerful with support for live transcription, and the ability totell multiple speakers apartin the transcript. However, like most text-based content, transcripts can be long-winding, and boring to read. Reliable Google feature leakerKamila Wojciechowska on X(formerly Twitter) has heard from unnamed sources that the Recorder app on Pixel phones could soon pick up AI-powered summarization features.
Wojciechowska says this capability should run entirely on-device and without cloud connectivity, so you can create summaries even when offline. The leak doesn’t say, but we suspect summarization will only work when transcription is enabled, mostly because it could be challenging for the AI to process audio snippets to deliver a summary.
Summaries for audio recordings can be a boon for longer recorded interactions you wish to recap quickly, or if you just want to save yourself the effort of jotting down the minutes of that weekly meeting with your colleagues. It could also serve as a helpful overview of the recording’s content, in case you forgot to name the audio file appropriately.
The leaker expects the feature to debut alongside the Pixel 8 series, which should launch later this year, and that isn’t an unreasonable expectation considering the Recorder app is Pixel-exclusive. The summarization feature itself isn’t a surprise either, because Google is also working on similar AI-poweredsummaries for documentsin Google Docs andvideos on YouTube. Google Assistant is also set to pick up come generative AI superpowers, which would allow it tosummarize articleson the web instead ofreading them out in full. We will share more details about this addition to the Recorder app when they emerge.
