Hate voicemail? Pixel's new feature replaces it with something way better

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Google's Take a Message is available for the Pixel 4 and newer.
• The feature essentially replaces voicemail.
• You can see why someone is calling and answer a call you declined.

Google has quietly dropped a pretty cool call screening feature, and most Pixel phones from the past six years are getting it.

When the Pixel 10 debuted last week, among its new features was something called Take a Message. A companion to Call Screen (my favorite Pixel feature ever and the reason I've bought Google phones for the past nine years), Take a Message responds to calls you either miss or decline and gives you a transcript.

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