What happened: Google has been on the road of third-party android apps to record calls for a while. However, now from May 2022, the developers changed their program policy to ban the final method by which third-party Google Play store apps could record calls. At the same time, the change will go into effect on May 11, after which only apps that ship with Android phones or which Google developed will be allowed to have this function. Details: Furthermore, the sideloading may still be an option for call recording because Google’s policy only affects Play Store apps, as it will do little to stop any malware that wants to record calls, which would have other avenues of attack.