Saturday, July 14, 2018

Google’s Phone app can now prevent some spam calls from interrupting you

Google’s Phone app can now automatically filter out calls that it detects to be spam, sending them directly to voicemail. Your phone won’t ring, and you won’t even get a missed call notification for any calls that Google weeds out.

If the spam callers leave a voicemail — you know, like the usual spiel about charges being filed against you over back-owed taxes — that will still find its way to your voicemail inbox. But again, there won’t be a notification about it. “You’ll still see filtered calls in your call history and be able to check any voicemail you receive,” Google says on its help page.

Most important of all, you won’t be getting constantly interrupted by a vibrating phone as the calls come in. You can enable the option with a...

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