Links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more.
Taking notes manually is a thing of the past, especially if you have a Pixel device. Google’s Recorder app can record audio and transcribe whatever you say into text. It’s an impressively simple application that will save you time and stress. You’ve come to the right place if you’re trying to learn how to use the Recorder app on Google Pixel phones. Let’s walk you through the process.
Read more: The best Pixel-only features around
QUICK ANSWER
To use the Recorder app on Google Pixel phones, open the Recorder application and tap on the red Record button. The app will start recording audio. When done, press Pause. You can go into the Transcript section to read the speaker's transcription. When done, you can hit Save to store the audio and transcript.
JUMP TO KEY SECTIONS
The Recorder app is available on all Google smartphones since the Pixel 3. There are differences in supported languages depending on your model, though.
Pixel 3 to Pixel 5a:
Pixel 6 and newer:
Keep in mind that you can still record unsupported languages. The only downside is that transcriptions won’t work.
If your device is graced by the Recorder app, recording audio is a breeze.
The recording will be displayed on the Recorder app’s main page.
Once you save an audio recording, you can do some light editing to get rid of unwanted sections.
Now it’s time for the fun part. You don’t need to listen to the audio to see what you recorded! Recorder will save a transcript. Here’s how to access it.
Recordings can get long, so Google has added a way to search within a recording. Here’s how to do it.
Because the Recorder app comes from Google, it integrates perfectly into the company’s cloud services. You can easily sync recordings with your Google account. Here’s how to enable this feature.
You can get rid of audio recordings just as quickly as you created them.
Alternatives: These are our favorite voice recorder apps for Android
Yes! To store the recording’s location, simply tap on the Avatar icon and go to Recorder settings > Google Location settings. Toggle Use location on.
The Recorder app is available for Pixel 3 and newer phones.
It depends on your Pixel model. Pixel 3 to Pixel 5a phones support US English, British English, Singaporean English, Irish English, Australian English, Japanese, German, and French. Pixel 6 and newer devices support all those languages, as well as Italian and Spanish.
Sharing your audio recordings and transcripts from the Recorder app is simple. Simply open the recording, tap on the three-dot menu icon, and select Share. Follow the instructions to customize what you want to send.
You can back up Recorder clips and transcripts to the cloud using your Google account.