Google Recorder
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The facts
Each one read from Google Recorder's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI summaries
- Summaries are available on Pixel 8 and later for supported languages, and accept recordings with 5 minutes to 1 hour of speech.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Google describes Recorder for people capturing meetings, lectures, band practices, family memories, and other moments they want to save.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Backup and storage
- Backups use shared Google Account storage across services including Photos, Drive, and Gmail, and new recordings cannot be backed up when that storage is full.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Users can trim recordings using the audio or generated transcript, and crop or remove sections.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Editing and summaries
- Recordings can be edited, shared, replayed, and summarized.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Users can share transcripts to Google Docs or NotebookLM and export transcripts as text files.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Local storage
- Recordings stay on a Pixel phone or tablet and are not synced to a Google Account unless the user chooses to back them up, share them, copy them, save them elsewhere, or donate them to Google.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Recorder captures audio for meetings, lectures, band practice, family memories, and other moments, and automatically transcribes and labels recordings.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Recording length
- A single recording can be up to 18 hours long.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Recording limit
- A single recording can be up to 18 hours long.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search recordings for words, phrases, or sounds such as music or applause, including when they occurred.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Google Play lists the app's data as encrypted in transit and says users can request deletion; the listing also reports no data shared with third parties.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Backed-up recordings and links are private by default; public links can be accessed by anyone with the link.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Sharing privacy
- Backed-up recordings and links are private by default, while public links can be accessed by anyone who has the link.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Speaker labels
- Speaker labels are available only in US English, and voice models are computed on the device and deleted within minutes after labeling.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Summary limits
- Summaries are available on Pixel 8 and later for supported languages and speech recordings from five minutes up to one hour; some languages may need internet access.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Summary processing
- Google says summaries run in a secure, isolated cloud environment, and some languages may need internet access.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Google Play lists [email protected] as the Recorder app support email.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Transcription and privacy
- Recorder sends audio to an on-device Google service or app for transcription, which discards the audio after transcription.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device availability
- Google says Recorder works on Pixel 3 and later phones and Pixel Tablet.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Language and device limits
- Real-time transcription languages vary by device generation; Pixel 6 and later have the listed additional languages, including Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, and Spanish.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Supported devices
- Recorder is available on Pixel 3 and later phones and Pixel Tablet.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Google says it was officially incorporated in August 1998 and identifies its current headquarters as Mountain View, California.checked 4 Oct 2026
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