Apple showed off a lot of new and exciting features for iOS 18 at WWDC this week, including a look at how its its higher-end devices will use AI. One of Apple's most exciting AI features is actually something I’ve wanted baked into iOS for a long time: call recording.

Before iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence—as Apple is calling its AI—you had to rely on third-party apps like Recordator and TapeACall to record phone calls on iPhone. These usually required some extra steps to get things moving, and often required a subscription to take full advantage of each app's various functions. However, with iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence, that will soon change.

Callers on an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max will now get access to built-in live call recording in the Phone app this fall. The feature will be available as a button from the call menu, and everyone on the line will be advised of the recording as soon as it starts.

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Not only will the feature record your call, but it’ll also automatically create a transcription of the call after it ends, giving you two ways to go over your discussion. Everything is stored directly on your device, too, so you won’t have to worry about paying for any extra apps or jumping through any additional loops to ensure security.

The downside here is that, because of the AI integration needed for the transcription feature to work, this will only work on the iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max, and any future AI-compatible iPhone models, so users on the regular iPhone 15 (or older devices) won’t get access to these new features.

At launch, Apple says transcriptions will only support English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Portuguese. It’s possible more languages could arrive further down the line, though. The first iOS 18 beta is currently available to test, but it doesn’t include any of the new AI-driven features that are expected to arrive this fall. You’ll have to wait until later this summer to try those features, including the new live call recording and transcriptions.