“It understands the difference between a recorded message and an actual representative on the line.”

If it can really understand that hold music stopped to play a periodic voice recording of “your call is important to us” is still a recording (and not have the urge to smash phone at the wall) I’m completely sold!

Also automatically recall silently, if the line timed out. Basically notify me when it got through to a human. Maybe record my interactions with automated systems and then offer me a dialog for a pre-fill next time. Would be a real, valuable edge for me. I hate spending life time in phone queues.

I have pixel 4a and it has some things like call screening and low light photography. I have used them on occasion but they aren't things I consider reasons to buy a phone.

I broke a Pixel and went back to my spare iPhone 7. I thought the spam calls and texts would send me past the edge of sanity. I suffered through that for six months and went back to another Pixel.