Google is disabling Take a Message on some older Pixels after confirming an issue that could expose your audio without you answering a call.
Google is disabling Take a Message on some Pixel phones after reports that it could expose background audio during missed calls.
The company says the issue affects a very small subset of Pixel 4 and Pixel 5 devices under rare conditions.
Manual and automatic Call Screen still work, and callers can continue using standard carrier voicemail instead.
Most recent Pixel features have been welcome additions, but one meant to handle missed calls has instead caused a bit of a privacy snafu. Over the past few months, some users reported that callers could hear background audio during missed calls, rather than being cleanly prompted to leave a message.
