Google Pixel 9 to steal Apple's thunder with 'call notes' AI feature

This functionality is quite like another feature announced by Apple in iOS 18 that supports multiple languages

Tech Desk - Jul 30, 2024

An undated image of a Pixel phone. — Google Store/Canva

The Google Pixel 9 series is the latest flagship smartphone series from Google, set to launch on August 13. The upcoming series is going to have improved cameras, better screens, and more performance; also, Call Notes and other AI-powered capabilities are part of this series.

The new Pixel 9 series is expected to launch with a bunch of exciting AI features on board, including "Call Notes," which enables call recording, transcription, and AI summarization.

This functionality is quite like another feature announced by Apple in iOS 18 that supports multiple languages.

Call Notes: A new AI Feature

Call Notes will be a new AI feature that gives users an easy way to record, transcribe, and summarise calls. In line with this, Apple had an element of iOS 18 that supported multiple languages. It will be important to determine whether Call Notes will support the same level of language accessibility.

On the other hand, one of the many benefits of this new Call Notes could be that it might leverage Google's on-device Gemini Nanotechnology for processing recordings and their transcriptions self-contained on the phone itself. This could help with some of the privacy concerns by not sending anything back to the cloud.

Redesign of Panorama Mode

In addition to Call Notes, the Pixel 9 series is also expected to feature a redesigned Panorama mode. However, details on this feature are scarce, and it's unclear what changes we can expect.