{"id":713704,"date":"2026-06-04T01:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713704\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:06:13","slug":"pixel-phone-app-rolling-out-custom-take-a-message-greetings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713704\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel Phone app rolling out custom Take a Message greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pixel-10a-review-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After introducing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/09\/pixel-phone-custom-greetings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beta channel<\/a>, the Phone by Google app is now letting stable users record custom Take a Message greetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This replaces the generic response that callers hear when your Pixel answers a call for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once live, you\u2019ll be prompted at the top of the Home tab to add \u201cA personal touch on your missed calls.\u201d You can also access custom greetings by going to Settings &gt; Take a Message.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"711095\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711095\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"711094\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711094\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This opens the new \u201cGreetings\u201d screen with \u201cStandard greeting\u201d always available: \u201cThe person you have called is not available. Please leave a message after the tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tap the microphone below to save as many as needed, while recordings can be up to a minute long. Your active greeting is marked by a star, with \u201cSet as default\u201d found in the three-dot overflow menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beta users of the Pixel Phone app have had this feature since April, and we\u2019re now seeing it roll out to stable users with <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.dialer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">version 223<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a Message is available on the Pixel 6 and newer <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/phoneapp\/answer\/16515613\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in<\/a> Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK, and the US.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764168249_77_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764168249_206_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After introducing in the beta channel, the Phone by Google app is now letting stable users record custom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-713704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}