Apple's iOS 26 update offers a new call filtering feature to screen unknown numbers, providing options to silence calls or request call reasons.

Apple overhauled the Phone app in iOS 26 with a new design and added several powerful features, including a new call screening option.

Unwanted phone calls have become a constant annoyance. Robocalls, fake delivery alerts, and scammers posing as banks or government agencies interrupt everything from work meetings to family time. It’s ...

LONDON(AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper that can screen incoming calls from unknown numbers. It's among the bevy of new features ...

I put the Call Screen features on the Galaxy S26 and iPhone 17 to the test by leaving the same messages to see how they behave. Here's what I found.