The rich and the powerful demand immediate access to their lawyers and each other at all times — but apparently they just haven’t figured out how to have their assistants turn off Call Screening on their iPhones.
Call Screening is off by default, so who knows what these lawyers are doing.
Call Screening is off by default, so who knows what these lawyers are doing.
If you’ve noticed that you’re getting fewer spam calls on your iPhone lately, it’s because Apple added new screening tools in iOS 26. It’s also why you now more often see notifications with a transcription of call messages.
Given how phone lines are dominated by spam and it’s only getting worse with AI impersonating voices, this is overall a welcome feature. And if you need to take calls from unknown numbers, you can switch it off: