Record and transcribe a call on iPhone

In some countries and regions, you can record a phone call when you’re talking to one other person. In select regions and languages, you can view the transcript of the call in the Notes app. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.

Note: Call recording isn’t currently available in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, the European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Record a call

Before you begin, check the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website to see if call recording is available in your language and region, and make sure the other call participant is willing to be recorded.

Go to the Phone app on your iPhone.
Make a call.
During the call, tap , then tap Call Recording.
Both call participants hear an audio notice that the call is being recorded.
To stop recording, tap or just hang up.
iPhone automatically saves call recordings to a Call Recordings folder in the Notes app.
To see the call in the Notes app, tap View Saved Call.

Play a recorded call

Go to the Notes app on your iPhone.
Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, then tap .

View a call transcript

In select regions and languages, you can view the transcript of a recorded call in the Notes app. The transcript may not be available immediately—you may see a message that the transcription is in progress.

Note: Verify the accuracy of a transcription before relying on it. It might not be a perfect representation of the conversation.

Go to the Notes app on your iPhone.
Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, then tap .
Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see a transcript, your iPhone doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or detect a supported language.
In the transcript, the speaker of each statement is identified.
While viewing the transcript, you can do any of the following:
- Play the audio from a specific point: Select the text you want to hear.
- Search the transcript: Tap , then tap Find in Transcript.
- Copy the transcript: Tap , then choose Add Transcript to Note or Copy Transcript.
- Save the audio recording: Tap , tap Save Audio Files, then select where you want to save the recording.
- Share the audio recording: Tap , tap Share Audio, then select how you want to share the recording.
- Delete the audio recording: Tap , then tap Delete.
  Note: Deleting the audio recording also deletes the transcript.
- View the waveform of the recording: Tap .

If Apple Intelligence* is turned on, you can get a summary of a phone call you record in the Phone app. See Use Apple Intelligence in Phone.

Delete a recorded call

Go to the Notes app on your iPhone.
Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, tap , then tap Delete.
Note: Deleting the audio recording also deletes the transcript.

Turn off Call Recording

Call Recording is on by default, but you can turn it off.

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Apps, then tap Phone.
Tap Call Recording, then turn off Call Recording.

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