The search giant Google has been stopping third-party call recording apps to record calls with its latest update to Android. The company has wiped out the feature on all the third-party applications that operated during calls, conferences, and any other similar use-cases with an impending update to the Google Play Policy.
The company has been strenuously against these third-party applications and services for a number of years now. According to the search giant, it is an assault on the privacy of the users while they are unconsciously recorded on a call. As a consequence of this, even when the call recording feature on the Dialer application of Google accompanies by an ostentatious “This call is now being recorded” alert that is heard on both sides, ahead of the recording starts.
Moreover, the former call-recording API that permitted the feature was wiped out starting with the Android 6. Several developers subsequently revolved to informal workarounds for the recording feature of their applications to operate. However, when these approaches were additionally removed in Android 9, third-party applications began utilizing the Android Accessibility API in order to record calls. And this is the point where the company is set to brush against.
Apart from that, the search giant that the modification is going to impact only third-party applications, which indicates call recording on the Google Dialer is still going to work if it is accessible on your device, in your area.
Moreover, it is further expected that any other preloaded Dialer applications that provide call recording features are still going to work as well – only third-party applications that are downloaded from the Play Store or sideloaded are going to be discharged.
