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Google has been working on recording calls in its phone app for some time; We saw some tests for the first time in January, followed by some screenshots and videos of the feature in action. It appears that the company is preparing to release it to the public as the first people in India share that they have access to it, which was first reported by XDA Developers.

In a post on Nokia forums, the owner of a Nokia 7 Plus shared screenshots of the call recording button that appears during a call, as well as the interface in the recent calls section of the app. Some people initially suspected the change came about because the person was using a US VPN, but other members chimed in to confirm that they had received access to the call recordings without using a virtual network. Due to the native “Change SIM” button on dual SIM phones, the record button is pushed to a second page during the call, so the feature may have already been implemented for some people who haven’t noticed yet . In the long run, it should be available on all Google Pixel phones, Android One phones, and on devices running near-stock Android where call recordings are legal.

There is currently no way to force call recordings to appear in the app, so you will just have to wait until it is deployed on your phone. It can still be helpful to use the latest beta version of the app, so be sure to check the Play Store or APK Mirror for updates. In the future, the Phone app could even reach more devices, giving more people the ability to record their calls.

Telephone
Telephone

A broader rollout of the phone call recording feature probably isn’t too far off, as Google has added a support page detailing how it works. It states that you must be running Android 9 or higher and use the Google Phone app “on a supported device and country / region,” without specifying which ones are exactly supported. However, it’s safe to assume that the Pixel and Android One phones are among them, just as India should be on board as a region.

Aside from what we already know from the screenshots above, the page goes on to explain that you can only start recording once the other party has answered as they should listen to a pre-recorded disclosure informing them that the call is being recorded Google is playing automatically. You also cannot start recordings when you are on hold, silent, or in a conference call.

Live on Xiaomi phones

The call recording function seems to be active on some Xiaomi devices, including Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi Note 9S and Redmi Note 9 Pro. This comes after an update was rolled out for Mi A3 and Mi A2 Lite that enables the same. function.

Call recording on the Redmi Note 9S (Source)

However, it seems to have a bit of bugs – there are reports of recordings not saving properly and the caller sometimes cannot hear the person on the other end with recording enabled.