Google’s December Pixel update includes a couple of anticipated features for its newest phones. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
If you’ve been eager to try Clear Calling on the Pixel 7 but unwilling to download beta software to use it, then today’s your day — Google is taking it and a couple of other features promised for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro public in today’s feature drop. That includes new speaker labels for transcriptions in the Recorder app and access to Google One’s VPN feature at no cost — it’s otherwise reserved for subscribers on Google’s $9.99 / month 2TB plan.
Clear Calling attempts to reduce background noise when the person you’re talking to is in a noisy environment. It’s only being made available to the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro in this update — Phone Arena got word earlier this fall that the Pixel 6 series would be getting the feature, too; Google hasn’t…
