I was never happier than when Apple rolled out call screening in iOS 26 a few weeks ago. Before, I was getting at least two, but often four, spam calls per day, and now, I don’t even notice them.

From reports I’ve seen online, it seems like Call Screening is disabled for most after the update, so to turn it on, you need to open the iOS Settings app and search for the Phone settings. Once there, you need to scroll down until you see a section called ‘Screen unknown callers.’ There are three options here and you want to choose ‘Ask who’s calling.’

Once you have this enabled, Siri will answer every call from an unknown number before it rings or vibrates. The digital assistant will ask the person for their name and the reason for calling. Then, when the person answers, it will transcribe tha

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