"Google is disabling some Phone app features on older Pixel devices after acknowledging a bug that inadvertently leaked audio to callers. The issue has specifically been linked to the Take a Message feature released last year, which automatically answers and transcribes voicemails when you miss a call, with a handful of Pixel 4 and 5 owners reporting that their microphones were activating when callers were leaving messages."
"One Reddit user who experienced the bug said that callers did not hear their usual voicemail greeting, and that they "could hear me/room sounds while they were leaving a message." The user describes how the microphone privacy indicator at the top-right corner of their phone display was triggered after missing a call and Take a Message activated. "It was as though I picked up the phone, except I had done nothing. It just passively started recording me and sending audio to the caller.""
Google disabled the Take a Message and next-gen Call Screen features on some Pixel 4 and 5 devices after identifying a bug that could inadvertently leak microphone audio to callers. Take a Message automatically answers and transcribes voicemails when calls are missed. A handful of Pixel 4 and 5 owners reported that the microphone activated while callers left messages, triggering the privacy indicator and transmitting room sounds instead of a voicemail greeting. Google confirmed the bug affected a very small subset of devices under rare circumstances and advised impacted owners to use manual or automatic Call Screening or carrier voicemail instead.
Read at The Verge
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