WWDC 2024: Apple iOS 18 Brings Built-In Call Recording and Transcription, No Apps Needed!

By Roshni Tamta  |  First Published Jun 12, 2024, 11:26 AM IST

With the new update, if you record a call, all the participants in the call will get a notification on their devices about the call being recorded, and you will also get a transcription of the whole conversation. 

Apple rolled out WWDC 2024 on Monday, revealing tons of new and stirring updates. The one that might be the most demanded feature by users is the built-in call recording in the iPhone, and guess what? The company has finally heard our demands and has announced the feature to record and transcribe phone calls in the iOS 18 update. 

The update will also notify the person on the other end of the call about the call being recorded. While Android users have always enjoyed this feature for years now, Apple users are finally getting to have this feature for the first time on their iPhones without needing a third-party application. 

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“Record and transcribe a live call directly from the Phone app.” The call recording iOS 18 feature will be available in English, in U.S., UK, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, and in Spanish in the U.S., Mexico, and Spain. The feature will also arrive in France, Germany, Japan, China, and Brazil in their native languages,” Apple announced in its blog. 

With the new update, if you record a call, all the participants in the call will get a notification on their devices about the call being recorded, and you will also get a transcription of the whole conversation. 

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With Apple's new intelligence features, you can also generate the summary and key points of the conversation. This gives you the ability to swiftly review the important aspects of the call without going through the whole recording. 

The Apple transcript feature will support several languages such as 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). The wide range of languages allows users from across the world to benefit from the new updates. 

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Apple has also planned to extend the audio and transcription feature to the Notes app by letting you record audio and get transcription directly into the Notes app. This, for sure, guarantees a smooth and easy call management experience. The feature will be available for the iPhone 12 and later models.

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