2w ago

I now have call recording on Android

This is in the native phone app. I'm in the US. Definitely didn't have this feature before. It announces when you start recording.

I know it's been a thing with some other phones and in other countries, but hey it's cool to have it on my Pixel 8.

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grue @lemmy.world 2w ago
As a person in a one-party-consent state, it absolutely infuriates me that it announces the recording is happening.
- DrDystopia @lemy.lol 2w ago
  Or was blanket removed in the first place. That's one of the factors keeping me on custom ROMs, I've had silent call recording for the last 15 years.
- pie @piefed.social 18h ago
  you should know if you are recorded. its a good thing.
  
  grue @lemmy.world 16h ago
  Suggesting that I need some other party's permission to record is as absurd as saying I need their permission to remember.
Fuckswearwords @lemmy.world 2w ago
Another reason to hate google. This feature got taken away for legal reasons in many regions. The Google dialer app is absolute trash now after the last big update.
- artyom @piefed.social 2w ago
  It wasn't "taken away", it was removed. But it's an extremely useful feature.
  
  Eager Eagle @lemmy.world 2w ago
  take away means remove
ProbablyBaysean @lemmy.ca 2w ago
I know the guy who did this with stock android phone. https://healthygreendinosaur.blogspot.com/2023/12/call-recording-setup-on-samsung-galaxy.html?m=1
It worked but its recordings were quiet. It saved him 900 bucks from a predatory about their own negligence debt collector.
GodlessCommie @lemmy.world 2w ago
I love the feature, I hate that it announces the call being recorded in a 1 party state but the call notes summary feature is fantastic
Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio 2w ago
Interesting.
My native phone app also supports call recording, but it needs to be manually activated each time.
davidgro @lemmy.world 2w ago
Finally!
Got it here on my Pixel 7 Pro in the US, and specifically a 2-party state.
It initially said it was 'pending' downloading some audio files (I assume the announcement that it's recording, which is all that's needed legally) - and after I tapped the download button it seems ready to go.
𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 @lemmy.ml 2w ago
guessing it'll be pixel only feature
Lka1988 @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2w ago
I've had call recording for the better part of a decade. But I use Skvalex's app, and recordings actually stay on my device.
pie @piefed.social 18h ago
so the call recording stays on the device yet they added a tos for it?
what trick is this? could someone link this tos?
this is just a response to apple offering this function on iphones.
for ages google blocked call recording and since apple started implementing it they turned it on now? lol.
artyom @piefed.social 2w ago
Got it on my P7 as well. Although it doesn't seem to be working.
onlinepersona @programming.dev 2w ago
This has been a feature since at least 2012 on every Android I've tested and it never required google. Pixels can't be that far behind. Since it's advertising Google, I bet the recording feature is sending it straight to the cloud before or after writing the file locally (or writing it straight to google drive).
- davidgro @lemmy.world 2w ago
  It explicitly says the recordings stay on my device.
  But yeah, if it didn't say that, I'd guess the same.
  
  onlinepersona @programming.dev 2w ago
  I dont trust a word Google says regarding privacy.
  
  Max-P @lemmy.max-p.me 2w ago
  Then why do you have to agree to Google's ToS to use it if it's local only?

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