Record audio on Google Pixel devices

Manually taking notes is a thing of the past, especially if you have a Pixel device. Google’s Recorder app can record audio and transcribe anything you say into text. It is 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.

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What devices support the Recorder app?

The Recorder app is available on all Google smartphones since the Pixel 3. However, there are differences in supported languages ​​depending on your model.

Note that you can still include unsupported languages. The only downside is that transcriptions don’t work.

Record audio on the Google Pixel

If your device is graced by the Recorder app, recording audio is a breeze.

1. Open the Recorder app.
2. Tap the red file button to start recording audio.
3. Hit the red Pause button to stop recording.
4. You can hit now Resume if you want to continue recording.
5. You can also hit remove and confirm the action by tapping remove again.
6. When you’re done, press Save.

The recording will be displayed on the main page of the Recorder app.

How to edit your audio recording

After you save an audio recording, you can do some light editing to remove unwanted sections.

1. Open the Recorder app.
2. Tap the recording you want to edit.
3. Press on the scissors icon.
4. Drag the recording bar and sliders to select a section.
5. You can keep the selected area by choosing cropor delete it by hitting remove.
6. Touch Save copy to keep the edited version.
7. Name the copy and tap Okay.

View a transcript of your audio recording

Now it’s time for the fun part. You don’t have to listen to the audio to see what you’ve recorded! Recorder will save a transcript. Here’s how to access it.

1. Start the Recorder app.
2. The transcript will be available as soon as you record. While recording a speaker, press the Translation button to read the text.
3. You can also open a recording and click . to tap Translation to achieve the same.

How to share your audio recording

1. Start the Recorder app.
2. Open the recording you want to share with others.
3. Tap the menu with three dots button in the top right corner.
4. Select Part.
5. Choose between audio, Translationor Video clip.
6. If you use the Translation option, you can choose to share it as a Google Docs or Text file.
7. If you use the Video clip option, you can now create how you want the clip to look. Touch To create when done.
8. Choose who you want to share the recording with.

Search in a recording

Recordings can get long, so Google added a way to search within a recording. Here’s how to do it.

1. Start the Recorder app.
2. Open the recording you want to share with others.
3. Tap the To search icon, which looks like a magnifying glass.
4. Type the word or phrase you are looking for.
5. Touch To search.
6. The app will highlight the audio part or text you are looking for.

Backup and sync your audio recordings

Since 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.

1. Start the Recorder app.
2. Tap the avatar icon in the upper right corner.
3. Enter Recorder Settings.
4. Touch Backup and Sync.
5. Switch Backup and Sync On.
6. Select the google account you want to sync with.
7. Choose Backup of recordings.

How to delete your Google Pixel audio recordings

You can delete audio recordings as quickly as you made them.

1. Start the Recorder app.
2. Slide the image to the left or right.
3. Confirm by selecting remove.