Samsung could be about to close one of the long-standing gaps on Galaxy phones. A report based on an early build of the next software update, One UI 9.5, suggests the Phone app may soon record voice calls made through WhatsApp, Telegram and Google Meet, bringing internet calls under the same roof as mobile calls. Samsung has not confirmed the feature, and everything known about it comes from leaked screenshots, but if it survives into the software it would remove a frustration Galaxy owners have lived with for years.
WhatsApp and Telegram Call Recording
According to the report, first published by SamMobile on 10 November, the new option would sit inside the Phone app under Settings, then Call recordings and transcripts, where a menu labelled Record calls in other apps would list the messaging and calling apps on the phone. Each app would carry its own toggle, so a user could switch recording on for WhatsApp while leaving it off for Telegram. The leaked screenshots show WhatsApp, Google Meet and Telegram among the supported apps, although the report notes those were simply the compatible apps installed on the test handset, so the finished list could be longer.
Samsung’s existing recorder stops at the edge of the mobile network. It covers cellular calls made through the Phone app, but not the voice calls that now fill much of everyday conversation. For those, Galaxy owners have had to look elsewhere, and the alternatives are untidy. Third-party recorders such as Cube ACR can capture WhatsApp and Telegram calls, but on modern Android phones they often need a separate helper app from outside the Play Store, since Google tightened its rules in 2022. Some fall back on speakerphone and a second device, an awkward fix with poor sound. A recorder built into the Phone app would sweep that away, if it works as the screenshots suggest.
Open questions remain, and the leak raises the most important one. The screenshots show no audible warning for the person on the other end, leaving it to the user to say the call is being recorded. It is also unclear whether Samsung’s automatic recording and transcript tools for ordinary calls would extend to internet calls, or whether each recording must be started by hand. Samsung would not be the first to offer this: OnePlus already records and summarises WhatsApp and Telegram calls through its AI VoiceScribe tool, while Apple limits its iPhone recorder to ordinary calls and FaceTime audio in supported regions. In America, where OnePlus no longer sells phones, Samsung could be the only Android maker offering it.
Availability Could Depend on Local Laws
Where the feature appears may depend less on Samsung’s engineering than on the law. Recording rules differ sharply between countries, and in America between states as well. Under the one-party consent model used at federal level in America, and in countries including Britain, India and Japan, any participant may record a call without telling the others. Under the all-party model used in Germany and France, and in states such as California, Florida and Pennsylvania, everyone on the call must agree first, and breaking that rule can bring fines or criminal penalties. Samsung already shapes its recorder around these differences, offering automatic recording in some markets and withholding the feature in others.
That is why the new option may simply never appear on some Galaxy phones, even if the handset could technically support it. The report suggests the setting could be limited to countries where Samsung is permitted to offer it, and in some regions the phone may announce that the call is being recorded. Samsung has said nothing about which countries or devices would be included. For users, the practical lesson is unchanged: check the rules where you and the other person live before pressing record, and say you are recording even when the law does not strictly require it.
One UI 9.5 Release Date
The timing fits a software cycle already well under way. One UI 9, Samsung’s version of Android 17, first appeared on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 range announced on 22 July, and the stable update began reaching the Galaxy S26 series in South Korea on 16 September. From there it spread through the S25, S24 and S23 families during October, with Galaxy A models following through November, wave by wave, region by region. One UI 9.5 is expected to follow the same pattern, debuting on the Galaxy S27 series next year before reaching older models, although Samsung has announced no date and has not confirmed the feature at all.
That caution matters. Features spotted in early test builds sometimes change before release, and sometimes disappear altogether, so the recording option may arrive looking different from the screenshots, or not arrive at all. The leak still shows the direction Samsung is moving in, and it matches how people actually use their phones. A recorder that only works for mobile calls now covers only part of a user’s life. If One UI 9.5 closes that gap, even in a few countries at first, it would be a quiet but genuinely useful upgrade. Until Samsung says so itself, though, it remains a report, not a promise.
