

If you find yourself receiving a lot of spam text messages, you can forward the message to the number 7726 (which spells "spam"). But if all else fails and you're desperate to stop robocalls, this is a valid option.

But that's the rub: We often receive important calls from numbers we don't store on our phones, like a doctor's office or a repairman, so you could miss important calls this way. Any legitimate callers can leave a message. Google Assistant will interact with the caller, and if it determines that the call is legitimate, it will route the call to your phone.Īpple's iPhone has an option to Silence Unknown Callers, which adds the option to route calls from numbers not found in your Contacts, Mail or Messages straight to voicemail. The feature can now detect robocalls and spam calls, and block them before they ever reach your phone. However, Google added new features to Call Screen for its Pixel phone lineup. When it first launched, Google's Call Screen feature arguably went against the FCC's advice by answering and interacting with the robocall on your behalf. They can then sell your number to another company or begin targeting your number more frequently. When you answer a call and interact with the voice prompt or by pressing a number, it lets spammers know your number is real.

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