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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by bduerst on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:14PM (#18764971)
Or send to Google Assistant screening. It's the best feature ever but they need to open it up to rules for automation (i.e. all unknown numbers from XXX area code).
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by sixothree on Thursday December 27, 2018 @10:21AM (#18769899)
The last thing I want to give google is access to all of my phone call data. I just want to reduce my footprint with that company.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by bduerst on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:06PM (#18771198)
Audio, transcript, and other call screen data is stored locally on your phone, not sent to Google or anywhere else: https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9094888

It really is a nice little feature.

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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by zamalek on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:40PM (#18766536)
There's also the Google call spam reporting.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by RodericDay on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:18PM (#18765000)
I don't want to send all my calls to google
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by jordanthoms on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:47PM (#18765218)
Call Screening is done locally on the phone, the call audio and transcripts are not sent to Google.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by lozaning on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:36AM (#18767852)
They need to make the audio available to the user. Their text to speech engine never maages to get a decent transcript figured out. That or people are just yelling gibberish into the phone when I screen them. Until I can review the call audio I'll never know.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by sixothree on Thursday December 27, 2018 @10:57AM (#18770189)
I very much want to believe this. But I can't. This is a sad state of affairs.
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