Google has announced the Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G during its Launch Night In hardware event. There were absolutely no hardware surprises as we pretty much knew everything beforehand, thanks to all the leaks and the rumours. But if there's one thing that we like from the array of new features, then it is probably the new 'Hold For Me' feature.

As you've probably already guessed it by the title, this new feature takes advantage of the Google Assistant and the 'Duplex' feature that was introduced earlier. In this case, the Google Assistant will essentially monitor your phone calls after you've been placed on hold.

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And as soon as there's a person on the other side ready to talk to you again, Google Assistant will then alert you about the same. This is an incredible feature and we see how this can be super useful for everyone in many ways.

We can already see this working in our favour when we're stuck on those long waiting lines, having to listen to the hold music for a long time. Well, this new feature is made just for that. This feature will be available to the Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G users first, but it looks like other Pixel phones will also get it in the future.

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That being said, we're not entirely sure if/when this feature will come to India. It's limited to the US now, so let's hope for the best.

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