Call screening isn't an Apple Intelligence feature, so any iOS 26 compatible iPhone, like the iPhone 14 Pro, will get this ...

With the release of the iOS 26 public beta, I put the Call Screen feature on iPhone to the test against the Call Screen with Android 16.

Using a Pixel or other Android phone When a call comes in that isn’t from a number in your contacts, the Google Phone app preinstalled on Pixel phones can send it to Google for checking.

CarPlay in iOS 26 has a new and improved solution for incoming phone calls, solving what’s been a problematic UI for years.

In the latest Phone by Google app v177.0.763181107 beta release, strings indicate that users can choose between the horizontal swipe gesture and the single-tap buttons on the incoming call screen.

Google just announced that some Pixel phones are getting next-gen call screening. This improves on the pre-existing Call Screen feature by implementing a new Hello button. Once tapped, the system ...

For the Pixel 6: tap "Unknown call settings" and select the calls you want to be screened. For the Pixel 7 and above: tap "Protection level" and toggle "Automatically screen calls" on or off.

At the outset, Call Screen feels like a fitting tool for battling the bots spamming my Google Pixel phone. An eye for an eye, as it were, a bot for a bot.