iOS 18 Brings Call Recording to iPhone’s Native Phone App

In this article, we are going to share a great news for all iPhone users. The upcoming iOS 18 and later iOS versions will come with built-in call recording feature inside the Phone app.

Once iOS 18 is installed in compatible iPhone models, users will get a direct option or button on the call screen to start the call recording.

All the details of the call recording feature such as how will it work, which iPhone devices will support this feature, etc will be discussed below in this article.

Everyone knows that iPhone doesn’t allow users to record phone calls due to legal and privacy reasons. iPhone owners were looking for workarounds and 3rd party apps to enable call recording feature in their phone. Most of the 3rd party apps available on App Store are fake and don’t work. Some genuine call recording apps utilize 3-way call conference functionality to record calls but this process is very complex.

More Details: iPhone Call Recording: How can You Record a Call on iPhone

Some advanced iPhone users were taking help of jailbreaking to implement call recording feature. Unfortunately, newer iOS versions and iPhone models can’t be jailbroken.

Recently Truecaller app also started providing call recording feature to iPhone but again it was based on the call conference feature and iPhone users were required to make a call to Truecaller servers manually and merge the incoming/outgoing call to record the calls.

More Info: [Tip] Truecaller Enables Call Recording on iPhone and Android Smartphones

Android users are enjoying the call recording feature since many years in their smartphones. Many Android smartphones such as Samsung phones come with native call recording feature. Also there are many call recording apps available on Google Play Store or 3rd party websites which bring fully functional call recording functionality to all Android smartphones. In fact, Google’s own “Phone dialer” app supports native call recording feature.

Table of Contents

iOS 18 to Allow iPhone Users to Record Phone Calls Natively
How to Use Call Recording Feature in iPhone After Installing iOS 18?
Which iPhone Models will Support Native Call Recording in iOS 18?
How to Install iOS 18 in Your Apple iPhone?

iOS 18 to Allow iPhone Users to Record Phone Calls Natively

iPhone users were requesting and complaining about the missing call recording feature since many years and finally Apple has decided to put built-in call recording feature in its native Phone app.

Apple has officially announced that the upcoming iOS 18 will come with built-in call recording feature inside the improved Phone app. Here is the official description taken from Apple’s official website:

Phone: Record and transcribe a live call directly from the Phone app. You can also search call history more easily, dial smarter, and switch SIM cards seamlessly. Just hit record in the Phone app to capture audio recordings and transcripts. Apple Intelligence generates summaries of your transcripts, so you can get to the most important information at a glance.

How to Use Call Recording Feature in iPhone After Installing iOS 18?

Once iOS 18 is installed on a supported iPhone device, the user will be able to record incoming or outgoing call right from the call screen. Just tap on the “Record” button and the call will start recording. At the end of the call, the call recording will be saved or stored in Notes app along with the call transcript.

Once the user starts recording a call, the other party will be notified via an automatic announcement that the call is being recorded.

Which iPhone Models will Support Native Call Recording in iOS 18?

The call recording feature will be provided by the new Apple Intelligence (Apple’s AI) feature present in iOS 18 version. So basically if your iPhone model supports iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence feature, you’ll be able to record phone calls in your iPhone.

Here are the iPhone models which will get support for iOS 18:

iPhone 15/15 Plus/15 Pro/15 Pro Max
iPhone 14/14 Plus/14 Pro/14 Pro Max
iPhone 13/13 Pro/13 Pro Max/13 mini
iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max/12 mini
iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max
iPhone XS/XS Max/XR
iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)

Among all the above mentioned iPhone models, only following iPhone will get access to Apple Intelligence feature:

iPhone 15 Pro (A17 Pro chipset)
iPhone 15 Pro Max (A17 Pro chipset)
iPhone 16 series and later

Also the native call recording features will require following system requirements:

Siri and device language must be set to U.S. English.
Supported languages for transcript: English (U.S., UK, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore), Spanish (U.S., Mexico, Spain), French (France), German (Germany), Japanese (Japan), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), and Portuguese (Brazil).

Extra features, additional languages support, and platforms will be coming over the course of the next year.

How to Install iOS 18 in Your Apple iPhone?

iOS 18 is going to release this fall, most probably in September 2024 when Apple will launch iPhone 16 series. All compatible devices will get the automatic update to iOS 18 once it’s released to public. iPhone 16 series will come with iOS 18 preinstalled.

If you don’t want to wait and want to test drive iOS 18 right now, you can download and install its Developer Preview version in your device. Remember it’s a testing version released for testing purposes only and might contain bugs and issues.

Download iOS 18 Developer Beta Version

A more stable public beta version of iOS 18 will be released in July 2024.

Register for iOS 18 Public Beta Version

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