Google has made changes to the requirements for applications that are hosted on the Play Store. Starting May 11, it is forbidden to distribute applications designed to record telephone conversations through this store.
Such a radical solution to the problem with the privacy of telephone conversations has been brewing for a long time. Back in 2015, with the release of Android 6.0, Google removed the API from the operating system code, which allowed developers to embed the ability to record a telephone line into their applications using standard tools. Developers began to look for workarounds, but most of them were covered in Android 9.0. On smartphones with Android version 10.0 and above, it is not possible to record calls even through a microphone.
The restrictions apply to “pure” Android and firmware, the creators of which did not bother to create built-in utilities for recording telephone conversations. Many custom firmware created by enthusiasts, as well as popular shells like MIUI and ColorOS, provide for recording the phone (most often with a warning to the interlocutor with a sound signal or the voice of a robot).
Google will not completely block this feature at the operating system level, but developers who submit their projects to the Play Store will no longer be able to use Android’s built-in Accessibility API to record calls. The only exception will be the Google Phone app, which on some smartphone models can record calls (strictly in certain countries in accordance with their laws).
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