Truecaller, the popular caller ID and spam blocking app, has announced that the call recording feature on iPhones will be discontinued starting September 30. In a statement to TechCrunch, Truecaller’s head of iOS, Nakul Kabra, said that the company took the decision to do away with call recording on iOS as it wants to focus more on other features like Live Caller ID and automatic spam call blocking.
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Introduced in June 2023, Truecaller’s call recording feature was initially available to paying subscribers on iPhone, but later expanded to the Android version of the app. Since Apple does not allow third-party apps to record calls natively, the company had to resort to using a recording line which merges with calls. According to Kabra, the method not only increased the complexity but also led to a sharp rise in costs.
On X, several Truecaller users shared a notification which said, “We are discontinuing the Call Recording feature on Truecaller for iPhone.” The pop-up message also asked users who often use the functionality to download their recordings, as everything will be deleted after September 30.
Here’s what the notification says. (Image Credit: Danish Khan/X)
To save your call recordings on iPhone, launch Truecaller on your phone and head over to the Record tab. Now, tap on the Settings icon, click on the option named Storage Preference and change it to iCloud storage.
If the option is disabled, you will need to manually enable it by going to Settings > Your name > iCloud > Saved to iCloud > Turn on Truecaller. In case you want to download specific recordings, head over to the Record tab and swipe left on the recordings you want to save. Now, tap on the Share or Export option, and the app will ask you where you want to save the recording.
Truecaller’s decision to discontinue the call recording feature on iPhone comes at a time when Apple has introduced its very own native call recording feature.
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