[Tip] Enable Call Recording in Your Smartphone Using Truecaller

If you have a smartphone and need to record your phone calls, this article will help you in enabling call recording feature in your mobile phone for free. We’ll discuss how to record calls in Android smartphones and is it possible to record phone calls in iPhones?

Now-a-days, many people are working from home and they require high-speed Internet connection and mobile phones for voice calls, chats and video conferencing.

Sometimes you might need to record phone calls to listen the conversation later. For example, you are taking some work order from a client or your boss, you need to note some important information provided by the caller such as mobile numbers, account numbers, etc. In such situations, recording a call comes very handy. You can listen the call recording later and take notes of important things which you forgot after disconnecting the call.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to enable call recording feature in Google Android smartphones and Apple iPhones.

Disclaimer: Please check with local laws related to call recording in your country before recording calls.

History of Call Recording in Mobile Phones

In older versions of Android operating system, call recording functionality was easy to enable. There were many 3rd party apps available on Play Store which could bring call recording in any Android smartphone.

But in newer versions of Android OS, Google restricted 3rd party apps from accessing some hardware part and removed the built-in API which was used by these apps to record calls. It resulted these call recording apps unable to record calls or work properly. Many people were rooting their Android smartphones to allow 3rd party call recording apps to access the required API and work properly.

To overcome this issue, many smartphone manufacturer companies such as Samsung started implementing a built-in native call recording feature in their phones. So if you buy a Samsung smartphone, you’ll get call recording functionality built-in. Similarly many other smartphone companies put native call recording feature in their mobile phones.

Recently Google also added much awaited call recording feature in its official Phone calling app, so you can enable call recording feature in your Android smartphone by installing Google Phone app from Play Store.

Now You can Record Calls on Android Phones Using Truecaller

Now the good news is that the popular “Truecaller” caller ID app now also comes with built-in Call Recording feature and now anyone can enable call recording feature in their phone using Truecaller app.

Long time back, Truecaller app used to come with call recording feature built-in but as we mentioned above, when Google restricted 3rd part apps from accessing the hardware part and removed the required API from Android OS code, Truecaller app also stopped providing call recording feature.

Now call recording feature is back in newer versions of Truecaller app (version 12 and later). The smart Truecaller app developers are now utilizing built-in Accessibility feature present in Android smartphones to record calls (wise move).

Unlike older versions, call recording is now free for all Truecaller users. So if you are using a free version of Truecaller app, you can still enjoy call recording feature in your smartphone.

How to Enable Call Recording in Android Mobile Phones

Following steps will help you in enabling call recording feature in Android smartphones:

1. First of all download and install Truecaller app from Play Store. If you already have Truecaller app installed in your phone, you can skip this step.

Download Truecaller App from Google Play Store

2. After finishing initial setup like registering account, etc, tap on main menu (hamburger menu or 3-lines menu) present on the top-left corner on Truecaller app.

Now select “Call Recordings” option present in the list.

3. It’ll open Call recordings page. Enable Call recording functionality by setting the toggle button to ON.

Truecaller app will ask to enable permissions, tap on Continue button and then tap on Allow buttons on each dialog box asking for required permissions such as storage, microphone, etc.

4. At last, Truecaller app will ask you to manually enable Accessibility permission which is required for call recording feature. Tap on “Go to Settings” button and Truecaller will open Accessibility page in your mobile phone Settings page.

Now look for “Installed Services” or “Downloaded Apps” option and tap on it.

You’ll see Truecaller Call Recording option listed on the page. Tap on the option and set the toggle button to ON.

You’ll see a dialog box asking for your confirmation, tap on “Allow” button to give Truecaller required permissions.

5. Go back to Truecaller screen and you’ll see call recording enabled message. Tap on “Got It” button.

That’s it. You have successfully enabled call recording functionality in your mobile phone.

Now whenever you’ll make or receive calls, you’ll see a Record button present on the calling screen to record the call.

6. If you want to enable Automatic Call Recording functionality, again go to Truecaller main menu -> Call Recording page and tap on Customize (cog wheel) icon present on the top-right corner. Now enable “Auto-record” option and now Truecaller will automatically record all incoming and outgoing calls in your mobile phone.

All call recordings will appear on main Call Recordings page in Truecaller app.

Call Recording in iPhones

Now let’s talk about call recording in Apple iPhones.

Unfortunately Truecaller call recording feature doesn’t support iPhones. Why? The reason has been discussed in details in following article:

iPhone Call Recording: Possible or Not? Explained in Details

We can only hope that one day Apple will put the missing and essential call recording feature in iPhones.

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