Save & share recordings & transcripts

You can save and share your recordings and transcripts across different Google Accounts, with different audiences, and in different file formats.

Share recordings

Your recordings are only available on your Pixel phone or Pixel Tablet unless you choose to:

• Turn on backup.
• Share the recordings.
• Copy the recordings to another app.
• Save them elsewhere, like in Google Drive.

Tip: If you turn on permissions, other apps can use your recordings. Learn how to change app permissions.

Share a recording link with a different audience

Important: By default, backed up recordings and links are private to your Google Account. If you share them publicly, anyone with the link can access them.

Share a recording link through the Recorder app:

1. On your device, open the Recorder app .
2. Touch and hold a recording.
3. Tap Share Link.
4. Select the audience you want to share the link with:
   • Public link
   • Share with specific people
   • Private link

Tips:

• You can only share a recording with email addresses associated with a Google Account.
• When you share a recording with someone, they get an email notification.

Share a recording link through recorder.google.com

Important: Backed up recordings and links are private by default. If you share them publicly, anyone with the link can view and play them.

Share a recording link through recorder.google.com:

1. Go to recorder.google.com.
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Tap the recording you want to share.
4. Tap Share .
5. Select the audience you want to share a link to this file with:
   • Public link
   • Share with specific people
   • Private link

Tips:

• You can type a contact's name in the search space.
• You can only share a recording with email addresses associated with a Google Account.
• When you share a recording with specific people, they get an email notification.

Share a recording file with another app or share it as a text file

1. On your device, open the Recorder app .
2. Touch and hold a recording.
3. Tap Share File.
4. Select an option:
   • Audio
   • Transcript
5. Select the app you want to use to share the file.

Share or save a transcript to Google Docs

1. On your device, open the Recorder app .
2. Tap a recording you’d like to copy.
3. Tap More Copy transcript to Google Docs.
4. Select the Google Account you want to copy a transcription to.

Tip: To adjust your share settings, tap Share Change.

Share or save a transcript as a text file

1. On your device, open the Recorder app .
2. Touch and hold a recording.
3. Tap Share Transcript (.txt).

Create and share a video clip for your recording

From the recording, you can create a video clip up to 5 minutes long.

1. On your device, open the Recorder app .
2. Tap the recording you’d like to share.
3. Tap More Create video clip.
   1. To customize a video clip, tap:
      • Content Transcript & waveform or Waveform.
      • Layout Square, Portrait, or Landscape.
      • Theme Dark theme or Light theme.
4. When you're finished, tap Create.
5. To save the video clip, tap Save to device.
6. To share the video clip:
   1. Tap Share.
   2. Select the app you want to use.
7. If you don't want to save or share, tap Done.

Related resources

• Create, edit & delete a recording
• View, find & manage recordings
• Label when different people are speaking in a recording (Pixel 6 & later, including Fold)
• Create, edit & manage transcriptions