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One of Google’s best machine-learning enabled products has long been its Pixel-exclusive Recorder app, which makes searchable transcriptions of your recordings. Now, Google is integrating that basic concept deeper into the Android experience with a feature called Conversation Capture.
Poking around the latest version of the Android System Intelligence app, we’ve seen a whole bunch of strings about Conversation Capture. Internally codenamed Auris, the feature sounds very similar to Google’s existing Recorder app, but built more deeply integrated with both Android and Gemini.
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Strings related to the Conversation Capture onboarding flow mention that the feature will let you “Get summaries, transcriptions, and suggested actions after important conversations like appointments, meetings, and more.” You’ll be able to share your recordings with Gemini to get suggestions about actions you could take.
It looks like you’ll need the Magic Cue feature enabled to get suggested actions:
It seems Conversation Capture will have its own app, and you’ll also be able to trigger the feature from a quick settings tile. The version we’ve seen looks like a stylized speech bubble:
You’ll get a notification once your recording has been processed and summarized. After that, you’ll be able to share the transcript and summary of your recording with Gemini. Similarly to Google’s Recorder app, Conversation Capture transcripts will include speaker labels.
Strings related to data storage and privacy say that data is saved both on-device and in the cloud, but also that related data is end-to-end encrypted. Your data won’t be shared with Google “Unless you give permission,” the strings say.
Based on what we’ve seen, using Conversation Capture at all might require installing “the Labs version of Private Compute Services,” at least at first.
Despite the many, many references to the feature we’ve found in the latest version C.5.playstore.pixel11.955707791 of the Android System Intelligence app, we weren’t actually able to get Conversation Capture to work. We’re expecting the feature will make its debut on the Pixel 11, which will officially launch next week.
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