Smartphones are the most potent gadgets of all time that lets us perform tasks beyond general calling or texting. With technologically advanced devices, we have the provision to do mobile photography, gaming, and various other tasks. Since communication has been the key usage for these handheld devices, the major focus of the smartphone OEMs has been to improve the calling and texting experience. And modern-day smartphones have made it easy for us to record audio as well as video calls with built-in or third-party app support.
But seems like Google is getting stringent with its mobile privacy policies and you might soon not see any third-party mobile app on the Android ecosystem that’ll support remote voice call recording. The search giant is reportedly taking down all the third-party apps for call recording from the Play Store starting next month. Why exactly Google is ending support for call recording apps on its mobile ecosystem? Details are below:
Google To Remove All Call Recording Android Apps From Play Store
Google has announced a new policy centered around the removal of third-party Android apps that supports call recording. The search giant is currently working on this new policy that is said to come in effect starting May 11, 2022. Notably, Google isn’t entirely killing the support for audio call recording on its platform but is rather modifying the Accessibility API for remote calling which will limit app developers from recording audio calls remotely.
The policy update post on the Google Play Console support page was initially reported by a Reddit user called NLL-APPS.
Who All Will Be Affected?
Google’s upcoming policy update that is said to come in effect starting May 11, 2022, will not allow apps from third-party developers to work around the Accessibility API to get access to call recording. Notably, Google already has been trying to block Android apps from recording calls or videos for privacy reasons.
The new policies will only restrict users from downloading third-party apps that support are asked permission for remote call recordings. If aby user’s smartphone has a built-in call recorder option as a part of the custom UI offered by the OEM, then there wouldn’t be any issues with the call recordings. For reference, Xiaomi’s MIUI OS comes with a built-in call recorder integrated within the dialer app.
Google has further specified that it is working on fixing all the loopholes with third-party call recording. Blocking the two-way call recording using wireless earphones or headphones will also be blocked once the new privacy policy comes into effect.
How Can You Record Calls On Android After Google Privacy Policy Are Updated?
As mentioned above, once Google makes updates its privacy policy and makes changes to the Accessibility API’s, third-party apps for recording apps won’t be useful. You’ll have to stick using to the default dialer app that has the call record feature integrated. A handful of smartphone OEMs do offer this support. If your device is one of them, you wouldn’t have to worry about the new Google policies.
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