{"id":574221,"date":"2026-04-09T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574221\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:52:13","slug":"pixel-phone-app-rolling-out-custom-take-a-message-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574221\/","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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Google-Phone-app-2.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Pixel\u2019s Take a Message feature that answers calls on your behalf and lets you view live transcripts is now adding custom greetings.<\/p>\n<p>Once available, you\u2019ll be prompted at the top of the Home tab to add \u201cA personal touch on your missed calls\u201d that are handled by Take a Message. You can also access custom greetings in the future 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-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\/us\/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-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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This takes you to a new \u201cGreetings\u201d page that lets you see the \u201cStandard greeting\u201d \u2014 \u201cThe person you have called is not available. Please leave a message after the tone\u201d \u2014 and record new ones.<\/p>\n<p>The recorder has a nice Material 3 Expressive interface that lets you capture up to a minute-long clip. Once done, hit pause and then \u201cSave\u201d at the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>You can have multiple recordings stored in Greetings, with the active one marked by a star. Use the three-dot overflow menu to \u201cSet as default.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re seeing custom Take a Message greetings roll out with version 216 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/apps\/testing\/com.google.android.dialer\/join\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phone by Google beta<\/a>. It\u2019s not yet in the stable channel.<\/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-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"711103\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711103\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-6.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-6.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-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"711104\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711104\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-7.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-Phone-Take-a-Message-custom-7.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More on Google Phone:<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768288030_634_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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768288030_158_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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dZciVW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775753533_643_750x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pixel\u2019s Take a Message feature that answers calls on your behalf and lets you view live transcripts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-574221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}