Overview
- Google confirmed that the Take a Message feature could transmit background audio to callers under very specific, rare conditions.
- The company says the issue affected only a very small subset of Pixel 4 and Pixel 5 devices based on its investigation.
- As a safeguard, Google remotely disabled Take a Message and next-gen Call Screen on those legacy models.
- Users had reported the microphone privacy indicator staying active and callers hearing room sounds while leaving messages.
- Google advises using manual or automatic Call Screening and carrier voicemail, and it has not said if or when the disabled features will return.