<\/p>\nWhenever you get to try it, this is how the two key new features will work.<\/p>\n
iOS 26: Call Screening<\/p>\n
If you turn on this feature, it will aim to save you from unwanted or scam calls. When it spots a call from a number that\u2019s new to you, it will automatically answer for you, silently, so you\u2019re not disturbed.<\/p>\n
It will ask the caller for their name and the reason for your call before putting them through to you. At this point, I suspect, many machine-dialed calls will hang up anyway.<\/p>\n
However, if they do answer the questions \u2014 and they could be a legit caller but ringing from a new number \u2014 then their answers are converted into text and displayed on the iPhone screen. This information can then tell you if you want to ignore the call or pick up.<\/p>\n
iOS 26: Hold Assist<\/p>\n
This could be even more useful. When you\u2019re on hold, for example, to a travel agent or a utility company, the iPhone can automatically detect hold music (and let\u2019s hope the machine is more tolerant of such annoying sounds than human ears).<\/p>\n
The phone can then ask if you want it to wait for you and if so, it quells the hold music without dropping the call. You carry on using your iPhone or even put it away.<\/p>\n
As soon as a live agent is available, the iPhone spots this and rings you to let you know to return to the call. Meantime, the system lets the agent know that you\u2019ll be there shortly.<\/p>\n
All of which sounds great, really great. A part of me worries that some agents will simply move on to the next customer if you\u2019re not quick enough, but that\u2019s the only issue, I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n
These are compelling reasons to upgrade to iOS 26, I believe.<\/p>\n
This article was originally published on forbes.com <\/a>and all figures are in USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on June 10, 2025 Apple\u2019s next iPhone operating software, iOS 26, has just been announced. Its many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[1662,51,1666,547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-172750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-iphone","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114658706980021125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Call screening on the iPhone with iOS 26.