{"id":788899,"date":"2026-05-11T14:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788899\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:24:22","slug":"googles-take-a-message-feature-may-soon-expand-to-non-pixel-phones-20-new-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788899\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Take a Message feature may soon expand to non-Pixel phones, 20+ new markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"google phone take a message custom greeting hero 2\"  alt=\"Recording a custom greeting for Take a Message on a Pixel phone.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-phone-take-a-message-custom-greeting-hero-2-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google is preparing to expand its \u201cTake a Message\u201d voicemail feature beyond Pixel devices to other Android smartphones.<\/li>\n<li>Code snippets within the Phone by Google app reveal a massive regional expansion targeting dozens of new markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.<\/li>\n<li>While currently restricted to specific English-speaking regions, new updates suggest full transcript support is coming to Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-take-a-message-custom-greeting-how-to-3656399\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Take a Message<\/a>\u201d feature on Pixels is Google\u2019s modern take on voicemail. Take a Message answers missed calls for you, shows real-time transcriptions, and makes those transcripts easy to read after the fact on the Phone app\u2019s Home page. It can also detect spam among messages left by missed or declined calls from non-contact numbers. It\u2019s a fairly handy feature, but it remains underappreciated because it is exclusive to Pixels and restricted to certain regions. This could change soon, as we\u2019ve uncovered evidence that Take a Message is gearing up for a massive expansion, potentially bringing the feature to non-Pixel smartphones and a host of new countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Take a Message is available on all Pixel 6 and above devices in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK, and the US. We\u2019ve spotted clues in the Phone by Google app v221.0.909663815 that indicate the feature could expand to non-Google devices and to more regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_om\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To start, this \u201c<strong>enabledBeeslyV2NonPixel<\/strong>\u201d code snippet clearly suggests that the \u201cBeesly\u201d feature is being tested on non-Pixel devices:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Take a Message expansion\"  alt=\"Google Take a Message expansion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Take-a-Message-expansion.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Here, \u201cBeesly\u201d is the codename for the Take a Message feature. It\u2019s not immediately clear which devices the feature will expand to. Given that the feature works as far back as the Pixel 6 series, it would be reasonable to presume it could expand to current-generation mid-range phones and previous-generation flagships.<\/p>\n<p>There are other code bits that indicate which sub-features are available in which markets. Here are the snippets and the new markets in which the sub-feature could expand into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>enableBeeslyV2AudioOnlyMarkets:<\/strong> This code snippet dictates the markets where the audio-only version of the Take a Message feature is available. The new markets this could expand to could include:\n<ul>\n<li>Europe: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia.<\/li>\n<li>Americas: Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>enableBeeslyV2TranscriptMarkets:<\/strong> This code snippet dictates the markets where both the audio and transcript features are available. The new markets this could expand to could include Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Japan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>enableBeeslyV2InMarket:<\/strong> This code snippet specifically controls the feature for India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We haven\u2019t been able to get Take a Message working on non-Pixels or on Pixels outside the supported regions just yet. We\u2019ll keep you updated when we learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong> An <strong>APK teardown<\/strong> helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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