So, if you wish to record voice calls on your phone then you
will have to rely on the native call recording feature that is available on
your smartphone. If your smartphone doesn’t have an in-built call recording
feature then you will not be able to record calls after May 11.
Having said that, you can always use any voice recording app
on another smartphone to record a phone call after putting the call on the
speaker.
One of the most popular dialer apps in Nigeria – Truecaller–
is also used by a lot of users to record voice calls. In fact, call recording
is one of the most in-demand features of the Truecaller app. Sadly, Truecaller
has confirmed that it will stop providing the option to record phone calls
across the globe.
In a statement, an official Truecaller spokesperson said,
“At Truecaller, we had introduced call recording for all Android smartphones
based on overwhelming consumer requests.
Call Recording on Truecaller was free for everyone,
permission based and required users to enable the feature using the Google
Accessibility API. However, according to the updated Google Developer Program
policies, we are unable to offer call recording any longer."
Truecaller clarified that this will not affect devices that
have call recording built into the device natively. Few smartphone brands like
Xiaomi, Samsung, OnePlus and Oppo among others offer their built-in call
recorder feature, which will continue to work even after May 11.
What’s the problem with call recording apps?
Google has been taking action against call recording for a
few years now. It started with the Android 10 version when Google said that the
call recording feature won’t be available for users, as part of its privacy and
security strategy.
All call recording apps, including Truecaller, were using
Accessibility API for offering this feature. Now, Accessibility API covers a
lot of aspects and rogue developers were found to be misusing these permissions
to track users.
Now, Google is removing access to its Accessibility API for
call recording purposes, which means all the third-party apps lose their core
functionality.
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