Right, but what’s the expected behavior? Do people want to go digging through settings every time they might expect an important call from their doctor or employer? Android users can deal with that mess. I don’t want those calls coming in all together.
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Right, but what’s the expected behavior? Do people want to go digging through settings every time they might expect an important call from their doctor or employer? Android users can deal with that mess. I don’t want those calls coming in all together.
Is that really the case? Short of some fairly rare instances over many years I haven't really come across situations where I wasn't able to leave a voicemail if I wanted to.
I have about 100 employees. Whenever I’ve called them, almost 60% don’t have their voicemail set up. To be fair, most are between the ages of 16 and 22.
It is not that bad. It is honestly very useful. I have used it before when I was in a spot where if I needed to I could step out and take the call but only if needed to. I sent my wife to it and she started saying the message which I read in real time. Went from the screening it to taking the call.
Sadly the video does not really do this service much justice. When it was shown at Google IO it was a lot nicer and showed how it really worked.
Google system in terms of phone screening blows Apples "wanna be" solution out of the water.
Google's full system is one tells you if the call is suspected spam or not. Spam calls light the screen up in read. 2 you have the next option of known spam not even being forward to voice mail but blocked. I do not even have to deal with voice mail. You can set it so suspect spam does not even ring the phone and forwards it straight to voice mail.
It works to a point a hell of a lot better than Apple's solution.
The phone screening is another great feature that honestly I wish Apple would put into place as it lets you send calls there and you can decide if you need to take it our not.
Well, it sounds like not just the ringtone, but the call from coming up on the phone at all making you wait it out or decline it (or perhaps accidentally answer it).
Do Not Disturb doesn't change the parts about VM and missed calls either, but also comes with a potential downside of silencing all other notifications as well, which isn't necessarily something many would want to do if all they want is just not be bothered by various calls.
This is almost exactly what Ive wanted. Blocking all calls that aren’t in my contacts. When you get 2, 3, or more scam calls every single day waking you up. You will want this feature too. Because it’s not the “unknown number” that most people get Scam calls from.
I don’t even want It to leave an indication as to whether or not it silenced a missed call. Unless they leave an actual voicemail.
I do too but only blocking calls from “unknowm” will maybe block 2% of spam calls and is pointless. I can’t even remember last time I saw an unknown origin call and I get spam calls like 1-2 times a day.
I don't get the argument that your doctor might call for not using this feature. I'm not always able to answer the phone. They leave me voicemail and I call them right back. That wouldn't change if they got sent to voicemail with this feature.
Yes, it’s really up to the carriers to block “unapproved” spoofed calls (as in, businesses have a legitimate need to spoof numbers to one of their public numbers). Apple or Android cannot help here. These calls need to be blocked BEFORE they hit your phones. Hopefully, STIR/SHAKEN will help in the future when all carriers implement it correctly.
Even calls with “private caller id” should be handled by carriers with customers getting a choice on how to handle them.
The days of corporates, govt agencies, small businesses blocking their outgoing phone numbers needs to end voluntarily or they will eventually realize that even if they get a pass from the carriers, customers won’t pickup their calls. They need to have one or more public numbers as their caller id for outgoing calls. This is where this iOS feature helps. If these establishments continue blocking their numbers, it’s too bad because their calls will be automatically rejected at the phone level. If someone wants to talk to you, they NEED to tell you who they are!
Until the carriers do the needful, guard your contacts list with restrictions. Your contacts are a gold mine and if they get out in the wild, the spammers will start spoofing one or more of these numbers. No amount of blocking/screening at the phone level will help you.
EDIT: The carriers need to stop their BS policy of charging customers to do a caller id name lookup. It is a critical feature to screen calls. If it costs them a significant amount to provide it, increase the cost but bundle it automatically in a service plan. I doubt most folks know that you can pay extra to get caller id names.
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I was really excited about this feature. In fact it’s the primary reason I upgraded to iOS 13, but I still get notifications. I too only want to be notified if they leave a voicemail. Any idea if this is a possibility currently or whether they are planning to add this in the future?
I have to 100% agree I loved it at first but I run my own business and I receive calls from numbers I don’t have in my contacts and I won’t know they called until it’s too late!
Yeah, I absolutely can't turn this on. I'd miss calls from delivery drivers, doctor's offices, repair people, etc.
Apple is too petulant or dumb to add notifications for missed calls, after 14 years of complaints (and their addition of notifications for texts, on a nearly identical configuration screen). I wouldn't hold my breath for this.
