TheNothing Phone 2ais now official and reaching customers, but it’s only available as part of a developer program in the US, missing out on standard retail availability via Amazon, Best Buy, etc. Hot on the heels of the phone’s global release, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has announced the rollout of a new “discreet” recorder widget for all three of its phones — the Phone 1,Phone 2, and the Phone 2a.
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Announcing the addition on X,Pei revealed(viaAndroid Authority) that “many” users have asked for a discreet way to record phone calls, with a subsequent tweet revealing what the widget looks like. Inanother tweetresponding to a user query, Pei said that this feature was added as a safeguard “against bad players.”
The Nothing account on X has already announced the Phone 2a’s first software update in the form ofNothing OS 2.5.3, which includes the new Recorder widget. The same Nothing OS 2.5.3 update has alsoreached the Phone 1as of yesterday, so the Phone 2 shouldn’t be far away from getting the new software.
While the ability to record phone calls discreetly may sound harmless on the surface, there are some laws against its use across the globe. In the US, a total of 11 states require two-party consent for recording phone calls, which means that everybody in the conversation should consent to being recorded. On the other hand, a bulk of the US states follow a single-person consent law wherein only one individual needs to be aware that the call is being recorded.
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In Europe, countries like France, Germany, and Spain follow a two-party consent system for recording phone conversations, while Belgium, Sweden, and the Netherlands allow single-party consent. With this in mind, we recommend checking the local laws before using this newly released Recorder widget on your Nothing smartphone.
We haven’t heard from the company about how it will manage these differing laws across regions where its products are available. While the Nothing Phone 1 and Phone 2a aren’t available through popular retail channels in the US, last year’s Phone 2 was an exception.
