There are steps you can take to reduce or eliminate intrusive robocalls, and legislators are taking action to protect consumers.

So, many Android phones come with a Google Phone app that has a built-in spam filter. This filter can automatically block spam calls before they even reach your phone. Here's how to turn it on: Open ...

AT&T is testing out an agentic AI tool that can identify and filter out robocallers. The “digital receptionist” screens calls ...

Sometimes, the most annoying thing about smartphones is that they’re still phones at the end of the day. If some spammer wants to call or text you (and everyone else) about your car’s extended ...

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Now AT&T is turning to AI in an attempt to protect us from the spammers and scammers who tie up our phones. Rolling out as a test to select customers throughout 2025, the new AT&T digital receptionist ...

Android also has the option in the Phone app settings to automatically identify and block suspected spam calls so they don’t ring your device. It should be on by default, but you can check by going to ...

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Spam calls are on the rise, and the scammers behind those calls are getting more and more sophisticated. Because of this, it can be harder to determine whether or not a call is actually a scam, ...

With spam calls outnumbering actual calls, they have become one of the biggest nuisances for smartphone users. Phone anxiety has assumed a new form, where I dread yet another call from a scammer. To ...