There are multiple ways to covertly, though not always legally, record a phone call on a mobile phone. Apple recording makes it easier without any additional hardware.
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iOS 18.1: What You Get If You Don't Have an iPhone With Apple Intelligence
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It wasn’t shown when you invoke the cards through a double click of the side button, so no, that’s not it at all.
You are forgetting the best new feature that's Non-AI. With iPhone Mirroring you can now drag and drop media between Mac and iPhone. It's a killer feature. Very handy.
Good article. Call recording is a very useful feature.
not blocking anything at all.
the date EU users will get the AI features has been announced.
UK gets them in december, EU gets them in April 2025
I’m EU and I don’t get it either. What the heck Apple.
It shouldn’t be legal to advertise something they don’t actually have. What they’re doing this year is outrageous.
Can't believe that no one has posted this yet....
it has to pass EU regulations, and that's how long it takes the EU to approve it.
as posted above, EU gets it in april 2025, UK gets it in december.
they advertised it as coming in iOS18, and that remains factually correct, they didn't say it would come in 18.0 or 18.1.
I'm not an expert, but I do follow tech fairly closely—and I'm still confused. First, I've noticed that some official Apple stores seem to be misleading customers. We often hear that it’s on the customer to do their research, but should we really have to investigate that much to avoid potentially misleading information? You know that Apple advertises AI in Europe - and then you have to read the fine prints. Yes it's the customer's obligation.
In an official Apple store in Europe, I was personally told that the iPhone 16 comes with Apple AI. Let's assume it was just a misinformed salesperson, and maybe it's still partly on me for not digging deeper. However, here on MacRumors, I read that call recording would be available in iOS 18.1, even for devices without Apple AI. Let's say it's MacRumors' fault for not clarifying this feature's availability in Europe, meaning customers would have to keep up with every Apple announcement detail to stay informed.
When I installed iOS 18.1, I could've sworn the screen indicated that Call Recording was included. Maybe I misinterpreted it, and Apple never said that. Even though I follow tech as a hobby, I’m still left unsure about what I am or am not getting.
According to Apple, call recording is coming with iOS 18, and I don’t see any fine print or asterisks indicating it will be available later.
Until recently, I thought at least European users wouldn't receive Apple Intelligence on macOS but we did. It's also my fault for not spending hours doing the research. Which left me wondering about call recording there. Where is it? Maybe it's not included—that’s on me; again.
But I was never informed about a waitlist. I’ve read that some people waited a few minutes, but in my case, it’s been over an hour with no sign of it (I just updated my system).
So, it seems like we as customers might be doing everything wrong, while Apple is doing everything right…...
PS. And of course, we keep hearing that Apple is always late because it takes time to deliver polished, reliable features. But the image cleanup tool? It's unbelievably bad—amazingly so. Plus, Apple still can’t manage to support basic languages properly, which has been an issue forever. This year, especially, Apple really messed up on multiple fronts.
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EU regs should next focus on apple’s intentional underspecing their phones to force users to upgrade to the very latest to get basic features. Inexcusable an iPhone 14 has so limited ram that it can’t run something 3 year old Android devices can successfully run.
definitely not your imagination. That's exactly what I was shown during the update process:
I don’t know how Apple can think ChatGPT is going to keep our data anonymous, when you’re using image playground and your sending your photo to the servers your photo is like a thumbprint and it will collate all that data around that photo and eventually with enough photos they will be able to build a profile on you. 
I don’t know how Apple can think ChatGPT is going to keep our data anonymous, when you’re using image playground and your sending your photo to the servers your photo is like a thumbprint and it will collate all that data around that photo and eventually with enough photos they will be able to build a profile on you.
Maybe they’ll do it like with Google. Even if you’re logged into Google, as long as you’re on Safari, they can’t spy on you at all. 😂
Tested out Call Recording last night and, for me, it is by far the most useful feature I've seen in all these updates
Another cool feature - you can create a shortcut that brings up control center. I have assigned it to my lockscreen (replacing the camera shortcut), so I can press on it to bring up control center without having to reach for the top.
Also a pretty handy function to map to your action button.
Also a pretty handy function to map to your action button.