AI and using it

[ua_guy]

Apple is introducing call screening in iOS 26. Unknown numbers and numbers not in a known contact list will be answered by the phone and callers greeted and asked to state their name and reason for calling. That will be transcripted live, visible on the phone's screen so the user can determine whether they want to answer the caller, ignore it, or send it to voicemail. It's similar to the live voicemail functionality they already use today, but better. It will likely be part of a broader AI push for automated call screening and filtering.

[disneysteve]

Apple is introducing call screening in iOS 26. Unknown numbers and numbers not in a known contact list will be answered by the phone and callers greeted and asked to state their name and reason for calling.

Hopefully that's optional and can be turned off. When my phone rings, unless the screen says "Spam Risk" or "Telemarketer" I'm answering it. Many calls that I receive are from numbers not on my contact list. I don't need them screened for me.

[ua_guy]

Hopefully that's optional and can be turned off. When my phone rings, unless the screen says "Spam Risk" or "Telemarketer" I'm answering it. Many calls that I receive are from numbers not on my contact list. I don't need them screened for me.

Yes, unlike many AI features as of late, I read this can be turned off. Live voicemail is an existing feature and can also be turned off.

[kork13]

Apple is introducing call screening in iOS 26. Unknown numbers and numbers not in a known contact list will be answered by the phone and callers greeted and asked to state their name and reason for calling. That will be transcripted live, visible on the phone's screen so the user can determine whether they want to answer the caller, ignore it, or send it to voicemail. It's similar to the live voicemail functionality they already use today, but better. It will likely be part of a broader AI push for automated call screening and filtering.

This is a feature that Android (at least on Google Pixel) has been running for a few years now ... I love it. Maybe once a month it intercepts a real phone call, but humans will typically get through it no problem. All of the spam calls get rejected quite reliably.

[myrdale]

Hopefully that's optional and can be turned off. When my phone rings, unless the screen says "Spam Risk" or "Telemarketer" I'm answering it. Many calls that I receive are from numbers not on my contact list. I don't need them screened for me.

And YET!!!

Myrdale, one thing you need to do is stop answering their calls

https://www.savingadvice.com/forums/forum/financial-chit-chat/general-discussion/738391-deleteme-from-the-internet

The spam filter only catches about half. They almost exclusively call on 334 numbers so recognizing them is easy. For a while now I have been running Do Not Disturb, where only my contacts will go through.

[disneysteve]

For a while now I have been running Do Not Disturb, where only my contacts will go through.

Most real calls I get are not from people on my contact list.