Introduction: The EMUI 14 Challenge

If you go to your > Settings (three dots in the top right corner), you will either see "Call recording" or you won't. On EMUI 14 Global builds, that menu item is completely absent. However, Huawei has left a backdoor: Auto-recording for specific contacts is sometimes still available via the Accessibility settings, but this is being phased out.

Enter . If you have recently updated your Huawei device (such as the Mate 50 Pro, P60 Pro, or Nova 11 series) to EMUI 14, you might have noticed that the native call recorder has vanished. You are not alone.

A second phone or a Bluetooth recording device (e.g., Sony ICD-TX660).

Verdict: Only works if your device was unlocked before Huawei closed the bootloader program. Not recommended for average users. This is a hardware-based approach that works 100% of the time on EMUI 14.

For years, the built-in call recording feature was a staple of Huawei’s EMUI interface. Users loved the convenience of a one-tap record button directly on the dialer screen. However, with the global push for privacy compliance and the introduction of Android’s restrictive permissions, things changed dramatically.