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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As a person in a one-party-consent state, it absolutely infuriates me that it announces the recording is happening.

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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.

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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
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It wasn’t “taken away”, it was removed. But it’s an extremely useful feature.

Eager Eagle
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take away means remove

artyom
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No it doesn’t. “Taken away” means it was taken by a third party. That’s not what happened. Google removed it themselves.

Eager Eagle
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no, it doesn’t matter who took it

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Yes. It does. The phrase implies force. Google cannot “take” something that they already own.

Eager Eagle
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lol sure, sure

artyom
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Haha right, right

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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.

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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.

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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

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Interesting.

My native phone app also supports call recording, but it needs to be manually activated each time.

guessing it’ll be pixel only feature

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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.

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Got it on my P7 as well. Although it doesn’t seem to be working.

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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).

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It explicitly says the recordings stay on my device.
But yeah, if it didn’t say that, I’d guess the same.

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I dont trust a word Google says regarding privacy.

Max-P
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Then why do you have to agree to Google’s ToS to use it if it’s local only?

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Probably a line about how they’re not liable if you record in a place where recording isn’t allowed.

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