Google's latest Phone beta reveals a new 'Call Message' feature for Pixel phones, enabling real-time voicemail transcription and filtering spam calls, similar to iPhone's Live Voicemail, with potential availability for existing Pixel devices.
Apple's iOS 17 introduces Live Voicemail, a feature that provides real-time transcriptions of voicemail messages as they are being recorded. It works on locked or unlocked phones and can be toggled on or off in the settings. Additionally, iOS 17 includes FaceTime voicemail, allowing users to send video messages when a FaceTime call goes unanswered. To download iOS 17, go to Settings, tap General, then tap Software Update.
Apple has released iOS 17 with numerous new features and changes. Users are advised to set up their StandBy screen, customize Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, personalize their Contact Poster, enable Live Voicemail, create stickers from photos, set up new Safari profiles, turn on anti-tracking, securely share passwords, name pets in Photos, log moods in the Health app, share AirTags with family members, and try out new features on AirPods Pro 2.
iPhone Live Voicemail is a new feature in iOS 17 that allows users to see real-time transcriptions of voicemails and pick up calls while the caller is leaving a message. It helps with spam calls by instantly declining them, and users can block unwanted callers. The feature is turned on by default but can be turned off in the settings.
Apple's upcoming iOS 17 introduces a Live Voicemail feature that provides a transcript of messages as they are being left, but some iPhone users find the default greeting confusing. The new default message asks callers to provide a reason for their call and informs them that the recipient "may pick up." This has led to confusion, with some callers waiting for the phone to be answered instead of leaving a voicemail. Apple has not yet indicated if they will make changes to the default messaging, but users can customize their voicemail greeting or disable the Live Voicemail feature.
Apple has confirmed that the upcoming iOS 17 update will include a feature that automatically transcribes voice notes and voicemails. The feature, called Live Voicemail, uses Apple's Neural Engine to convert incoming voice messages to text in real-time. This allows users to read incoming messages without the distraction of picking up the phone and could be a big help to users who might be nervous about answering calls from an unknown number. The feature will be available on iPhones this September.