The entire thing is for running Linux software on Windows, it’s the complete opposite of Wine.

If that counts as recording then all phone calls are recorded by your microphone, in order to send the sound to the other party.

You should absolutely use GrapheneOS, but why would this optional offline feature sway you to it?

They calls are not recorded, are they? They are transcribed live.

They could also spy on you without providing this feature at all. I get not trusting Google, and you shouldn’t be using a Google Pixel in that case. But in the event that you are using a Google Pixel, this optional feature is only a positive. If Pixels spy on you, then they are doing it with this or without it.

The ads don’t cover anything though, the video continues where it stopped before the ads.