The future is now old man!
I literally just did this for student forgiveness spam. I use the Google call screening.
I tend to block numbers known to spam from a specific exchange, as well as those that duckduck throws shade on
The only time I’ve answered an unknown number in the last decade plus is when I was applying for jobs. Everything else goes to voicemail.
Voicemail is dead too. It just gets filled with a hundred 1 seconds hangups from spam calls being sent straight to it. Every legit person and business will either show up on your ID, sent an appointment text, or an email.
Í found an option at the phone provider to just ignore all unknown numbers. My phone doesn’t even ring.
Mine does that too.
It sends them to voicemail.And my voicemail message is, "Don’t leave a voicemail, text if it’s important. "
I got a Pixel 8 recently and it can have AI answer and screen the call for you. I just do that.
As far as I’m aware it’s just a normal program, not “AI”
It uses Google’s speech to text. As far as you can tell it is a recorded message saying that it’s Google’s call screening system and to give your name and why you’re calling and voice to text to tell you what they say
Then when you hang up it says goodbye to them.
I think the product that was supposed to be AI was the booking assistant
The feature itself advertised that it uses Bard when it was walking through all the first time popups. That’s Google’s AI isn’t it?
Weird, I’ve been using this on my pixel 6 for a long time and I don’t even thing bard was a thing when this came out
Probably depends on the device? My sister’s 7 has no AI features either. The 8’s full of it.
They should have just called the pixel 8 the pixel AI then lol
Surprised that isn’t what the 9 will be called. It’s supposed to have even more AI features. Heck, the 8 Pro apparently can do some things the regular 8 can’t because the 8 only has 8GB of RAM.
Doesn’t work on grapheneos unfortunately. Unless I’m doing something wrong
I have a sibling I have literally told to stop calling me who still calls me.
People are silly.
Imagine having your desk at work setup like this. Who the hell puts the monitor off to the side like that? My neck would kill me after 5 mins
It’s for people who always work in front of a film crew so the camera can see their faces
I could see it happening if your job primarily involves talking to people sat on the other side of the desk.
I’m guessing the mass here is from USA. People from EU, where regulations work better, what’s your opinion on this?
German here, I also google unknown phone numbers first if they are mobile phone numbers. My business phone number is in the imprint of every website I make due to legal reasons, so I receive around 1-2 spam calls per week.
Poland here. I really get spam calls, once a week or less. My phone flags unwanted calls as spam so I don’t pick up. If I miss a call from an unknown number, then I Google it. I almost never get to talk to a spam call.
Scamers put effort into learning Polish and you didn’t even hear them out? Harsh.
I’m from the EU. I do the same. I hate getting calls. It forces me to drop everything I’m doing and suddenly switch contexts, which I absolutely hate. So I usually don’t answer unless I expect the call or know the number. If it’s important they can enter a voicemail or preferably send a message, either of which doesn’t require an immediate response and is therefore a lot less annoying.
from the various comments it looks pretty much the same. I have two numbers UK, and PL, and I get spam calls on both of them. It’s gotten to a point where if I don’t recognise a number and don’t specifically wait for a call from somewhere I just ignore it
Yeah, i see that. I guess I’m just lucky then. I mean there’s this one survey company that nags ppl, but you block their one number or ask them to leave you alone and that’s it. And the boring sellers always get flagged by Google so that’s filtered out automatically. Basically, whenever my phone rings, it’s for me personally and it’s a call I’d want to take.
I’m from France, there’s actually a law to force telemarketers to use certain phone ranges, which I’ve blocked.
During some periods, I have a call blocked per day, sometimes more, then nothing for a while.
I sometimes have the odd phone call that passes through, but unless I know I’m expecting a call, or it is from a number I know, I never pick up. It’s usually spam anyway
I can’t stop thinking about that keyboard. What is it?
Just realized he is using that lol. It is a fantastic keyboard. A good way to get sucked in to the custom keyboard hobby 😭
As others have replied it’s a kinesis. If you want to build one look into dactyl shells, amoeba single switch PCBs, and a therapist for your sadism
Kinesis advantge.
Me answering a call because it’s way faster and convenient than only texting like a nervous, terminally online teenager who is trying to stigmatize using a phone to make phone calls: 🥱
This post is about spam calls, which you’ll only get more of if you answer them.
“we text now, stop calling me”. Very clear OPs opinion on calling in general.
nowhere in the OP is there anything about spam calls. the comments just started going that way but this post just reminds me of socially awkward flakes
Sorry OP, but we’re urgently trying to contact you about your cars extended warranty! We save car owners major money from the shock of expensive repairs with affordable extended coverage! For as low as a cup of coffee a day you can have the peace of mind when it comes to car repairs.
“Dang man, wish you had called a month ago. Just totaled my car when I got a DUI and I’ve lost my license. Do you insure bicycles by chance?”
Are spam calls that big of a problem, where you live?
I heard spam calls are rampant in the US. I’m not sure about other countries.
it’s gotten significantly worse in EU in the recent years as well, anecdotally, I don’t think I got more than idk maybe 10 spam calls in 2011-2019. Since 2020 I sometimes get as many as 3 a week
Me not even Googling it because every number is fake anyway.
Funnily enough, I was returning a call the other day from an 800 number I was mostly expecting that lead to a Philippine call center and thought “If it was a scammer it’d just be pretending to be America”
Even ending up being legitimate. Wild times. Effective government, yay.
What I’d really like is a complicated menu system where their call can get put through but only after they’ve proven a high degree of commitment and dedication to it. Like what captchas do.
yeah kinda like every doctor office or credit card company we ever call. Imagine if everyone who called us had to go through all these hoops.
Hello thank you for calling [insert your name here]. Please listen closely as our menu options have changed. For questions, press 1. For a one-sided conversation, press 2. To leave a sarcastic jab, press 3. To leave a message with our secretary, press 4. To speak directly with [name], please catch me in person most likely wherever you met me or saw me last. Thank you. Goodbye.
‘Are you aware that our website now has an AI assistant who can handle all of your requests? Just visit www.leavemealone.co.uk for information, rewards and to manage your account. Have a nice day!..’
“Thank you for calling [Person Name]. We are experiencing a high volume of calls at the moment, and all of our customer service representatives are currently assisting other customers. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.”
90% of the time whenever you get one of those menus, you can just press 0 to get a real person on the line.
Yeah. I even did that yesterday.
There must be a way for us to implement an IVR right? Just forward our calls somewhere first?
On pixel phones the Android assistant can filter calls for you
It’s surprising when people follow the machine’s instructions and state who they are and why they are calling. It’s not a menu system, but it gets maybe the best 30% of the effect
Pixel kind of has this. Seems to be working since I haven’t gotten a voicemail in months 🤷♂️…filters out most non contacts calls before they bother getting screened.
Call me cynical but if someone doesn’t send a message after trying to call it’s either because it’s not important or because they want you on the line so they can do ‘objection handling’ to you.
This applies to people you actually know as well as sales people.
indeed
If I don’t recognize the number (meaning it’s not already in my contacts), then you can leave a message. 98% of the time it’s a scam anyways, and the other 2% of the time it’s a doctor’s office confirming your appointment.
