Truecaller iOS Update Rolls Out Real-Time Caller ID Support

[southerndoc]

I downloaded the app. When I go to Settings > Apps > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification, I only see business call identification. No TrueCaller listed (even after a restart).

Never mind. Deleted then reinstalled the app and it showed up.

 

[Kar98]

How is it ironic? This isn't a scam, as the product presumably does what it states, and has a stated price. If you don't like it, don't get it. Just because it's not for you, doesn't make it a scam.

The scam part is where it actually in fact does not work.

 

[Radeon85]

The scam part is where it actually in fact does not work.

Works as advertised for me.

 

[abcmax]

$9.99 a month for the feature that should have been part of iOS a long time ago.

 

[MacBH928]

doesn't this app work by scanning your contacts and upload them to its database to share with others?

 

[star-affinity]

Was there a recent price increase? Because I remember the price being very reasonable before, like a couple of $ per month and maybe $30 per year or something like that. But maybe I remember incorrectly. 🤔

Edit:

Hey, but there is an annual plan that's not bad! About half the price compared to going for a monthly sub for a year.
So monthly seems too expensive to me, but if going for yearly the price is alright

 

[Apple_Robert]

doesn't this app work by scanning your contacts and upload them to its database to share with others?

Yes. If you care about privacy, this isn’t the app.

 

[Baritone_Guy]

And let us block, specifically, "unknown caller id" and "blocked caller id" calls.

I would love this as well. However when somebody uses the entrance system to my building it comes up as unknown caller.

 

[jasonsmith_88]

Just removed the app since they completely cancelled the database update that allows to use the app for free.

Curious to know why you believe you're entitled to access their database for free? Do you also work for free?

 

[dg1974]

Curious to know why you believe you're entitled to access their database for free? Do you also work for free?

the previous "free" version allowed to manually lookup for a number in their database but it didn't provide any automatic search/blocking.
it looks like they removed this functionality. I think this is what the other user was talking about.

 

[macduke]

My system is free: I put my phone on mute. I never answer anything that isn’t in my contacts. If they don’t leave a message, I block them. If they leave a message, I block them. It’s that easy!

 

[svish]

Should be very useful. However not happy with the high subscription charges for the app. Thinking about it, but most likely I will not be subscribing.

 

[CorvusFox]

I have been a premium user of Truecaller for years and this is a welcome update.
It's almost sad this is not a native iPhone feature as real time call ID should have been implemented in smartphones many years ago - calls and texts being the most basic phone feature, yet also the most frustrating with spam and scams.
I guess SIM cards and phone numbers are a legacy technology that holds back more advanced smart features...

It was implemented in smartphones years ago, just not iPhones.

 

[southerndoc]

With regards to the assistant's settings, does "screen phonebook contacts" make the assistant answer calls from people stored in your contacts or does it prevent it?

I can't get the assistant to work. If I decline a call it goes to my voicemail and not to the assistant. Does the assistant only pick up with known spammers?

 

[RSmith2023]

I used to do this as I tend to receive a lot of scam/spam calls.

But it has its drawbacks.

The main issue for me is that even if the caller leaves a message you are still missing out on truly time sensitive calls. For exemple where I live it is pretty common for people doing deliveries to call your mobile number before attempting a delivery (usually for stupid reasons such as checking you’re home, not being able to find the exact building, or being unable to use the intercom). If you send them straight to voicemail, sure they’ll leave a message saying that they couldn’t get in touch and another delivery will be attempted the next day, but still you’ll miss your delivery and you might have the same issue the next day.

The second more minor drawback is that even if it isn’t that time sensitive and they leave a voicemail, if the reason for their call is important to you you still have to call back and follow-up on that voicemail. And in some cases doing this can be a lot more time consuming than picking-up the original call. For exemple say you raised a query with whichever company you are a client of and someone is calling you with a proposed resolution. If you pick-up you’ll be directly connected to someone who’s familiar with the matter and has an answer for your. While if you call back later you might have to wait 10 minutes in a customer service queue to speak to someone, and once it eventually happens that person might need to spend the first 5 minutes of the call understanding your problem and looking up what someone else in the company had already done about it.

Ideally Apple would have an AI based caller screening feature whereby if it is an unknown number the phone picks up the call, asks the caller why they are calling, and shows this to you on the screen before you decides to take the call, while the caller is informed that they are on hold while you decide whether to take their call.

You can partly emulate this with the real time voicemail transcription feature, but it is not as practical.

The Live Voicemail feature is the answer to what you are mentioning… In the old days, when you had an answering machine on a counter in your home, you could listen to the incoming voicemail and pick up the call if you decided you wanted to take the call. This, of course, requires the caller to begin leaving a VM.