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iOS has call screening now and it is really fucking nice.
Calling from an unknown number that isn’t on my contacts list? You have to listen to Siri ask whats the purpose of your call, and then Siri will let me know your response. Then, if available to answer based on how you responded, ill swipe to join the call.
As usual for iPhones, it’s existed earlier on some Androids, but now iPhone has it
The beauty of it being on Android is Google Assistant must be enabled and monitoring calls, rather than this feature being built into the OS.
I don’t think that’s true, my pixel 4 has Google assistant disabled and call screening has been working great for the last 5 years.
Im curious if its actually disabled then:
https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9094888?sjid=1690126844643958407-NC
Screen calls automatically
You can set up Call Screen to automatically screen certain types of callers. Your Google Assistant asks callers why they’re calling. When you set up automatic call screening:
- Calls from your contacts list aren’t screened.
- Call Screen detects spam based on what a caller says, or if matched in Google’s database of known spammers and robocallers. A detected spam call is declined without alerting you.
- For calls that Call Screen doesn’t detect as spam, your phone will ring and you’ll see how the caller responds. Then you can pick up or decline the call.
- After the call, you can read the transcript and listen to the call audio in the “Home” tab. If you don’t want audio from the call screening phase recorded, in “Spam and Call Screen” settings, turn off Save Call Screen audio.
Tip: To protect your privacy, transcripts and recordings are stored only on your phone.
Screen calls manually
If you tap Screen call, the caller is asked why they’re calling, and is told you’ll get a copy of the conversation. You can get a real-time transcript of what the caller is asked and how they respond. If you pick up the call, screening and transcription end immediately.
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My phone has this cool feature where a bot can answer the call and you can see a live transcript, with options to choose answers for “ask why they are calling”, “tell them to call back later”, etc. I use it all the time.
Yeah I think it’s an Android thing. I’ve only gotten a valid answer maybe once or twice.
My wife works in customer service and half the people she calls have this. I think a lot of it is people not expecting this and they end up rambling or speaking incoherently when thrown off. She always just says “this is x calling from x” and gets through fine
Same here
Is that what my phone is doing? I always see a shitty transcript of “what this call is about” but it’s rarely accurate
And then you got an ad before you know the justification.
Shit, you’re right, they would totally find a way to enshittify.
I wonder how long before people are going: “Don’t stress me out and ruin my day by texting me” or “I would like a warning, by a slight breeze starting to blow, five minutes before receiving an email”.
Asynchronous methods of communication don’t bother me. It’s only when someone calls me in the middle of my day, expecting me to drop everything and answer.
When people call me, I have a mini panic attack worrying who is dead.
Usually it’s just someone calling to remind me that I have a balance due.
When I was a kid, my friends would all come to my house and yell until I came outside… Many Westerners today are simply broken.
That’s better than a ringtone tho.
If they’re not in my very short contact list, it goes to voicemail. Isn’t that how everyone does it?
It’s not like anyone calls me anymore, anyway. Any.
iOS has exactly this.
I won’t call you back unless you leave a voicemail. Too many years in IT did this to me. I NEED to know wtf you are calling about.
Makes me want a phone tree…
Thank you for calling. Are you trying to sell me something? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.
Am I in trouble? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.
Could you just have sent me a message instead? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.
OK, so, this is funny, but would you actually be willing to pay for that?
I’m a world-class penny pincher, but this seems to be such an absurd waste of money that it genuinely baffles me. I do get spam calls occasionally, but it’s not even that bothersome. Usually, if they’re not on my contacts list, I don’t even pick up.
Why is this such a deal that you’d be willing to pay?! What kind of calls are you even getting?!?!
This is just one of many uses of texting.
