Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, where we will likely get our first glimpse of the upcoming iOS 19 software for iPhones. But when iOS 18.1 came out in October, it gave a few Apple Intelligence features to people outside the EU and China who have an iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, as well as any devices in the iPhone 16 lineup, and it also landed features like call recording on all iPhones.
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With iOS 18.1, your iPhone can now record phone calls. Once you’re on a call, you should see a symbol in the top left corner of your screen that looks like a sound bar. Tap this and you’ll start recording your phone call. Once you do start recording a call, an automated voice will announce to you and the person on the other line that the call is being recorded after a 3-second delay. This feature works regardless of whether you’re talking to another iPhone user or an Android user.
After your call is finished or you stop recording, your iPhone will save the recording to your Notes app. You can then play the call back in Notes. Newer iPhones, like the iPhone 14 Pro, can also see transcripts of the call in Notes, but older iPhones, like the iPhone XR, can’t.
Before you use this feature, please check with local law enforcement about the legality of call recording in your area, just in case.
The latest iOS update introduces a handful of Apple Intelligence features to some iPhones, like writing tools for messages, the Clean Up photo tool and an upgraded Siri. That means you can have your iPhone proofread and revise emails before you send them, remove distracting items from photos and more.
Before you use these features though, you have to join the Apple Intelligence waiting list. To do that, go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri > Join the Apple Intelligence Waitlist and tap Join Waitlist. Once you’re approved, you’ll get access to the above Apple Intelligence features.
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