Spam and scam calls have turned the simple act of answering your phone into a risk calculation, but on the iPhone a ...

Apple's iOS 26 uses an automated voice to screen unknown callers, making it harder for the rich to reach each other.

Apple is taking a more proactive approach to spam and cold calls in iOS 26. A new call screening feature lets your iPhone ...

Apple has quietly turned the iPhone’s phone app into a frontline defense against scammers, building a new call screening system into iOS 26 that can intercept shady calls before you ever say hello.

iOS 26 allows iPhones to screen unknown calls using AI. Callers provide reason for calling; responses are transcribed in real time. Users can reply with pre-written or custom messages via AI voice.

Apple's iOS 26 introduced a new call filtering feature for unknown numbers. The feature allows users to screen or silence unknown numbers, or ask why they're calling. I tried it out for a few days, ...

As a journalist, cold calling people is part of the job, as well as answering calls from unknown numbers. So, as a veteran of the cold-call art, let me give you my simple, polite tip: Just say, "Is ...

Apple’s iOS 26 introduces smarter call screening tools that help iPhone users automatically detect, filter, and block annoying spam calls.

You don’t need extra apps or technical know-how to fight scam calls, as your phone already has features designed to stop them ...

The rich and the powerful demand immediate access to their lawyers and each other at all times — but apparently they just haven't figured out how to have their assistants turn off Call Screening on ...

YOUR phone is packed with clever ways to beat spammers and scammers – saving you stress and potentially a costly nightmare too. But they’re easy to miss against the seemingly endless line-up ...

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