Google Recorder

Spec sheet

Purpose

Recorder captures audio for meetings, lectures, band practice, family memories, and other moments, and automatically transcribes and labels recordings.Read 4 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Audience

Google describes Recorder for people capturing meetings, lectures, band practices, family memories, and other moments they want to save.Read 3 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Integrations

Users can share transcripts to Google Docs or NotebookLM and export transcripts as text files.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Support

Google Play lists [email protected] as the Recorder app support email.Read 4 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · recorder.google.com

Maker

Google says it was officially incorporated in August 1998 and identifies its current headquarters as Mountain View, California.Read 4 Oct 2026 · about.google

AI summaries

Summaries are available on Pixel 8 and later for supported languages, and accept recordings with 5 minutes to 1 hour of speech.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

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.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Device availability

Google says Recorder works on Pixel 3 and later phones and Pixel Tablet.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Editing

Users can trim recordings using the audio or generated transcript, and crop or remove sections.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Editing and summaries

Recordings can be edited, shared, replayed, and summarized.Read 3 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

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.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

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.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Recording length

A single recording can be up to 18 hours long.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Recording limit

A single recording can be up to 18 hours long.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Search

Users can search recordings for words, phrases, or sounds such as music or applause, including when they occurred.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

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.Read 3 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Sharing

Backed-up recordings and links are private by default; public links can be accessed by anyone with the link.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Sharing privacy

Backed-up recordings and links are private by default, while public links can be accessed by anyone who has the link.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Speaker labels

Speaker labels are available only in US English, and voice models are computed on the device and deleted within minutes after labeling.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

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.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Summary processing

Google says summaries run in a secure, isolated cloud environment, and some languages may need internet access.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Supported devices

Recorder is available on Pixel 3 and later phones and Pixel Tablet.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Transcription and privacy

Recorder sends audio to an on-device Google service or app for transcription, which discards the audio after transcription.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Transcription and search

Users can search recordings for words, phrases, and sounds such as music or applause, and find when they occur.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Transcription data handling

Google says Recorder sends audio to an on-device Google service or app for transcription, which discards the audio after transcription.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Wear OS

Recorder is available on Wear OS, and a Pixel Watch recording can last up to 30 minutes before syncing to a phone for full transcript features.Read 4 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Web access

In a browser, users can edit a recording title, play recordings, and search within a recording at recorder.google.com.Read 3 Oct 2026 · support.google.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Voice Note Apps#27 of 347.6