Google bans call recording apps on Android
Google’s play store policy has been updated and came up with several new policies and restrictions. Starting from today, i.e., May 11, Google is banning all the call recording application on Play Store.
This simply implies that all the third-party call recording application will be restricted, blocked or will be killed from usage. However, it is unclear how Google intends to carry out this policy. It is still unclear whether Google would ban all third-party call recording apps from the Play Store or if it will ask developers to remove their apps.
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Interestingly, the updated policy doesn’t make changes to pre-installed or in-built call recording applications or features on android phones. Several smartphones from brands like Samsung, Redmi, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Poco, Realme, OnePlus, and Tecno already come with an inbuilt call recording feature. So, users who use phones from these brands will not be impacted by Google’s new Play store policy. However, for users with phones from brands other than these, the new policy is crucial, especially if they record their incoming/outgoing calls often.
According to 9to5Google, this has been used as a workaround to enable remote call audio recording, but Google will not allow apps listed on the Play Store to use the Accessibility Service from May 11.
This new policy change will only affect the third-party apps on the Play Store. Many default dialer apps like the Google Phone, Mi Dialer, and more have native call recording functionality built in on specific devices.
For several years, Google has been against call recording apps and services. The tech giant believes that recording calls is an invasion of users’ privacy.
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Meanwhile, last month also the company held a YouTube webinar for all of its developers to help them comprehend the changes. In this context, remote refers to call audio recording in which the person on the other end is ignorant of the recording.
-PTC News
