Google’s helpful name screening function for Pixel smartphones may quickly be obtainable in extra international locations — together with India — in response to particulars noticed by a person on Reddit. The function that transcribes calls from unknown and spam callers is at present obtainable in choose international locations and languages, however the firm is now tipped so as to add help for over 10 extra languages and areas in the long run. It is at present unclear whether or not the expanded rollout will supply entry to the automated name screening function that’s obtainable to customers in the US.
Reddit person u/Yuval17G (through Android Police) states that they had been in a position to allow the Google Pixel Call Screening function on a rooted OnePlus 7 operating on a customized model of Android 14 known as AOSPA (Paranoid Android) together with one other root-related module known as GappsMod. After enabling the related name screening flags, the person claims that they had been in a position to obtain Hindi language packages and get the function to work on their smartphone.
Screenshots of the decision screening function operating in Hindi
Photo Credit: Reddit/ Yuval17G
According to screenshots shared by the person, Google seems to have added English (India) and Hindi (India) to the languages supported by the decision screening function. The discovery of beforehand unsupported languages means that the corporate may very well be planning on introducing the function on Pixel smartphones in India in the approaching months. The person claims that their buddy was additionally in a position to allow the function on a Redmi Note 8, however didn’t present extra particulars.
The submit on Reddit additionally features a checklist of different languages and areas the place Pixel Call Screening would possibly quickly be obtainable. These embody English (Singapore), French (Belgium and Switzerland), German (Belgium, Austria, Switzerland), Italian (Switzerland and Italy), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (US/ EE.UU).
It’s price noting that whereas the person managed to make use of a rooted smartphone to allow the function and the languages had been obtainable, the corporate is but to make an announcement associated to the growth of name screening in different languages and areas. It is prone to arrive in the type of a Pixel Feature Drop — the following one is anticipated to land in March, and we will anticipate finding out extra particulars in the approaching weeks.
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