Of the applications available in Google Play Storethose related to the possibility of record calls They have millions of downloads. Although, Google has confirmed that in Android their days will be numbered.
The first restrictions on call recording were made in Android 9 Pie, which restricted unidentified APIs. And now the big G has put the final nail in the coffin of call recording apps available on Android: unless they are root, they will disappear from the Google Play Store on May 11.
As reported by XDA Developers, Google made it clear at a developer meeting that access permission to record calls is prohibited, so this type of app is doomed to disappear.
“Apps must comply with prominent disclosure and consent requirements. The accessibility API is not designed and cannot be requested for the audio recording of remote calls”, he explains in the aforementioned medium.
This is why Google doesn’t want this permission to be used
The reason that Google is increasingly restricting the use of access permissions has to do with the abuse thereof, where many apps used it to obtain as much information as possible from the user. And the American company wants to eliminate this great problem.
For example, Google has made it clear that these access permissions cannot be used to bypass privacy controls, notifications or record calls, making it very clear that the days of this type of apps in your app store are numbered.
It will no longer allow you to download a call recording app through Google Play starting May 11. Yes indeed, if the user already has the application installed, it can be used without problems.
even the app google-phone you can record calls in some countries. And if there is a reader who is a root user, he will be able to download compatible applications.
How to do if you want to install a call recorder app without root
Well, all you have to do is download the corresponding APK file and install it on the telephone. Although they are not available on Google Play, they still work the same as before.
Without a doubt, a somewhat radical move by Google that would have allowed this type of app to continue working normally. But the tech giant was blunt and wants access permissions to be used sparingly.
Also, considering that the Google Phone application itself already allows call recording in certain regions, it is very likely that the giant of Internet Please update soon to bring this restriction to all countries.
Google Play will remove applications for not meeting certain requirements
Google is also ready to implement new measures to provide additional security for users when downloading and using apps from the Play Store.
In particular, the company warned developers that Apps that haven’t been updated for a while to adapt to new versions of Android will no longer show up in your app store and therefore will not be available to users.
The company confirmed on its official developer blog that the measure will begin on November 1, 2022. Above all, this new regime will apply to apps available on Google Play that two years without receiving any update from the developer.
While there are likely to be apps that don’t require constant updates, the carrier mountain view says it’s important that they all support the latest versions of Android.
Therefore, creators who do not update their apps and include at least one API available two years after the last version of Android, they will see how their apps no longer appear on the Google Play website, therefore the number of newly installed users will be reduced considerably.
