How to Record a WhatsApp Call (iPhone, Android & Mac)

WhatsApp has no built-in call recorder, so recording a WhatsApp call — voice or video — means capturing the audio another way: a screen recorder, a second device, or a tool on your computer that captures the call. This guide covers each method by device, plus the one rule that applies everywhere: get consent where the law requires it.

Before you record: consent

WhatsApp calls are end-to-end encrypted, but recording one is still governed by consent law where you and the other person are. One-party-consent regions let you record a call you're part of; all-party-consent regions require everyone to agree. On a call that crosses regions, assume the stricter rule and ask first. This is general information, not legal advice — see meeting recording consent laws for the regional picture.

How to record a WhatsApp call on iPhone

iOS has no native way to record a phone or WhatsApp call directly, so use Screen Recording, which captures the call's audio:

1. Add it via Settings → Control Center → Screen Recording.
2. Start the WhatsApp call (put a voice call on speaker so the mic captures both sides).
3. Open Control Center, long-press the record button, turn the Microphone on, then Start Recording.
4. End the recording from the status bar; it saves to Photos.

For a video call, the same screen recording captures both the video and audio.

How to record a WhatsApp call on Android

Many Android phones can screen-record with internal audio from the notification shade:

1. Open Quick Settings and tap Screen Record.
2. Choose to record device audio (and microphone, for your side).
3. Start the WhatsApp call and the recording captures it.

Audio-capture support varies by manufacturer and Android version; where internal audio isn't allowed, put the call on speaker and capture via the microphone.

How to record a WhatsApp call on a computer (and get a transcript)

If you take WhatsApp on your computer (the desktop app or WhatsApp Web), or put your phone on speaker next to it, you can capture the call as audio the computer hears and get a transcript and notes instead of just a recording.

Nod is a meeting notetaker that works this way. The desktop app (macOS, Windows, and Linux) records your microphone and your computer's own audio from any app, so a WhatsApp voice or video call on the computer is transcribed the same way as a Zoom or Meet call. Your side is labelled "Me" and the other side "Others". With a phone on speaker, both voices reach the microphone, so every line is "Me". Nod doesn't identify individual speakers.

Transcription and notes (a short summary, key points, action items) are written on your computer, and the audio is never written to disk. The transcript and notes are kept in an encrypted file on your device, so you keep what was said without a recording of someone's voice sitting on a drive. Nod isn't on phones yet (iPhone and Android are to follow) and isn't released at all yet; you can join the waitlist. You're still responsible for consent: tell the other person where the law requires it.

Which method should you use?

• Just need the audio/video file: screen recording on iPhone or Android.
• Want a transcript and notes, not a file to replay: take the call on your computer and capture it with a notetaker.
• Either way: get consent where it's required — encryption protects the call in transit, not your legal duty to disclose recording.

For recording regular calls, see how to record a phone call.