A manual way to go about recording surroundings is to use your own device or phone if you’re within earshot of the person. But we all know that situations like these rarely arise. Another alternative could be to manually set up a sound recorder on the person’s phone and let it play in the background. But this can alert the user of an app running in the background, or can be easily dismissed if the user habitually clears apps on their phone. To get around all of these inconveniences, surround recording apps come into play. These work in the background, usually require a one-time setup and can be interacted with remotely.