With all the stuff our smartphones can do these days, it’s easy to forget that they’re also still phones — y’know, things we use when we want to speak to other humans. (A crazy notion, I realize.)

And while voice-call features aren’t usually the most attention-grabbing elements of a modern mobile device, Google’s Phone app has some genuinely useful tools for making life easier when it comes to good old-fashioned verbal communication.

If you’ve got a Pixel or Nexus device, take a few minutes to make sure you’re taking advantage of the following possibilities.

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