Put the robots to work for us against the bad robots, I say. It worked in Terminator 2. Why can’t it work for those blisteringly annoying spam calls that, as of the past few years, have seemed to outnumber the calls I get from people I want to hear from?

Apple launched iOS 26 for iPhones last month, and alongside a major aesthetic overhaul, it comes with one major addition: an automated spam call filter to fight automated spam calls.

I haven’t been this psyched to see two robots square off since I last played Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots.

How does it work?

When I updated my iPhone to iOS 26, the new feature wasn’t enabled by default. To turn it on, go into Settings, then Apps, and then click Phone. Down toward the bottom of the screen you’ll see a section titled Screen Unknown Callers.

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