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 ...

Ever since I was a child, I’ve despised answering the phone when an unknown number calls. Who could be on the other end? Literally anyone: an acquaintance, a telemarketer, a serial killer who’s ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Google is expanding one of Android's best features to your car by integrating Call Screening into Android Auto. Call Screening uses Google Assistant to answer a phone call for you to determine if it's ...

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 ...