Ryan Haines / Android Authority
TL;DR Google’s Phone app supports call recording in select areas.
Earlier this year we saw the Phone app picking up new filters to sort through your call log.
Now the app appears to be working on a filter to quickly display calls that have been recorded.
Being able to easily record a voice call is exactly the sort of thing a smartphone should be useful for, but messy legal concerns keep the feature from being nearly as ubiquitous as it should be. Google’s got it’s own solution baked right in to its dialer — the Phone app — but even that’s far more complicated than we’d like, with Pixel users not able to access call recording at all, and Google being a little opaque about exactly where it is available. While that’s probably not about to change anytime soon, we do have some progress to share, as Google works on a tweak that could make accessing your call recordings a lot easier.
Let’s say you’re lucky enough to actually have access to call recording in Phone. Checking out the changes Google implemented in version 189.0.798816824-publicbeta-pixel2024 of the app, we’ve uncovered some initial work towards a new way to find recorded calls.
Already this year, the Phone app has implemented new chips for quickly filtering through your call log, letting you view missed calls, calls from contacts, and even those from spam numbers.
Now it looks like Phone is also planning to provide users with the same sort of filter for calls that have been recorded.
AssembleDebug / Android Authority
While we haven’t yet been able to try this out with actual recordings in the call log, we are able to get the option to appear, although you won’t see this in the app’s public release.
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