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Do not take these calls.<\/p>\n
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Yes, Liquid Glass is cool. But while the iPhone ecosystem focused on the new aesthetics, Apple\u2019s iOS 26 quietly changed the world in a very different way. And there\u2019s no going back. This is the one setting you need to change on your iPhone \u2014 now.<\/p>\n
Almost all of us are plagued by unwanted calls. Most of these are marketing spam, but enough are dangerous scams to be a major concern. Apple has now killed both. \u201cYou get to decide who can contact you, and when,” the iPhone maker says<\/p>\n
Forbes\u2018Unprotected\u2019\u20141 Billion iPhone And Android Users Must Act NowBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n This includes the option to \u201cscreen or silence unknown callers, filter unknown callers and silence spam callers.\u201d It works by answering those calls for you, asking callers for their identities and reason for calling. The answers appear as real-time text on your screen and are voice recorded as well. You can answer at any time.<\/p>\n This was the first setting I changed when I installed iOS 26. It\u2019s a game-changer. Yes, I have missed a few legitimate calls from unrecognized numbers, but we will all learn to pay more attention to those incoming. calls. Voicemails are captured as normal.<\/p>\n Stop answering these calls.<\/p>\n Apple iOS 26<\/p>\n Go to Settings > Apps > Phone > Screen Unknown Calls. There you can select \u201cAsk Reason for Calling.\u201d You can do broadly the same on a Pixel<\/a>, but it\u2019s not automated in the same way and is not the game-changer Apple<\/a> has delivered. <\/p>\n Ironically, this comes just as call masking is making a comeback, with forums<\/a> asking what the difference is between \u201cUnknown Caller\u201d and \u201cNo Caller ID.\u201d <\/p>\n The answer is simple<\/a>. An unknown caller is a technical issue, whether network or device related, it means the identifier has not come through. No Caller ID means the caller has deliberately chosen to withhold their number from showing up on your phone.<\/p>\n ForbesMicrosoft Warning\u2014Do Not Open These Files On A Windows PCBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCall Screening automatically answers calls from unknown numbers without interrupting you,\u201d Apple says<\/a>. \u201cOnce the caller shares their name and reason for their call, your iPhone rings and shares their response so you can decide if you want to pick up. You can also choose to silence calls from unknown callers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIndividuals worry about their ability to trust voice communication in an era of rampant spam and fraud calls,\u201d Hiya<\/a> says in its latest State of the Call report. That\u2019s especially true in the era of deep fakes, where the FBI and others warn<\/a> you must verify callers before engaging. On every level, Apple\u2019s new offering levels cuts down the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do not take these calls. getty Yes, Liquid Glass is cool. But while the iPhone ecosystem focused on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":332072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[20334,61239,61238,164758,164759,613,158452,160124,17686,611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-332071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple-warning","9":"tag-fbi-do-not-make-calls","10":"tag-fbi-do-not-take-calls","11":"tag-fbi-hangup","12":"tag-fbi-stop-answering-calls","13":"tag-ios-26","14":"tag-ios-26-0-2","15":"tag-ios-26-1","16":"tag-iphone-warning","17":"tag-mobile","18":"tag-technology","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115436146124131656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}