Once you activate the iOS call screener, Apple’s Siri will become your phone’s bouncer and in its robotic voice, it will ask ...

If you tap Ask Reason for Calling, your iPhone will ask anyone who calls you from an unsaved number why they are calling you without ringing your iPhone. After the caller answers a few questions, your ...

If Apple has its way, you're about to be interrupted by fewer unwanted callers intruding onto your iPhone. And it's all thanks to a big change coming in iOS 26. The new version of Apple's iPhone ...

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Spam and scam calls are some of the most annoying things we all have to deal with when it comes to our phones. Apple’s iOS 26 update takes a firm step toward solving this problem with Call Screening, ...

iOS 26 introduces a robust call screening feature that enhances your ability to manage incoming calls with precision and ease. This tool enables you to identify unknown callers, view live ...

A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer ...

There are few more frustrating iPhone experiences than receiving a spam call. Whether it’s interrupting your work or play, it doesn’t take much for a junk call to take you out of the moment. The ...

Samsung is preparing an automatic call screening feature for Galaxy phones with One UI 8.5. We discovered the code strings for the feature hidden in the leaked One UI 8.5 firmware. Samsung is also ...