How to block automated calls on iPhone with the incoming Apple software update

With Apple's incoming software update – iOS 13 – you may never be forced to see an "unknown caller" appear on your iPhone.

At the Apple Global Developer Conference on Monday, the technology giant presented several new features that it plans to market in the fall. But if you constantly press the decline button for automated calls, it may be your favorite.

Apple said that a new setting in the software update will allow iPhone users to essentially block calls from unknown users, usually spam or fraudsters.

"When the setting is on, iOS uses Siri Intelligence to allow calls to ring your phone from Contacts, Mail and Messages, and all other calls are automatically sent to voicemail," says Apple on its website. .

It is likely that iPhone users will not even be alerted by a ringtone or vibration when an unknown caller calls their phone. You will only be notified if the caller has left a voicemail message that you can click to read a transcript to determine if the call was legitimate.

According to CNBC, Android already offers a similar feature on Google Pixel that has apparently been well received.

Some consumers, however, expressed concerns about Apple's new offer on Monday.

"Someone said he @Apple that all unknown callers are not automated calls? I was wondering … "a Twitter user asked.

"This does not solve the problem, because you must now remove their message from your virtual machine," commented another.

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"Anyone who runs a business from his cell phone will send each new customer to voicemail," said a third.

Others have welcomed the new feature, on which users can register or not.

"Something I 've been asking for years is about to happen," wrote Twitter an eager user of the iPhone.

"That's the main reason why I upgrade my iPhone to the beta version of iOS 13. Never again will third-party applications compromise privacy and block spam calls," added one user.

"The Silence Unknown Caller feature is the best new phone feature on the iPhone since Visual Voicemail. # ios13, "another echoed.

The next version of the iPhone's operating software also offers both privacy features and a "dark mode" aesthetic for the screen – a feature already available on Macs.

Apple executives also claimed that iOS 13 would open apps faster and incorporate a new version of the Face ID system to unlock your phone 30% faster. The software will also introduce more artificial intelligence to allow Apple's digital assistant, Siri, to speak more like a human and, if necessary, to automate more tasks, such as reading messages aloud. incoming, while Apple is trying to catch up with the digital. assistants manufactured by Google and Amazon. Apple's enhancements to artificial intelligence have also spawned a new photo management tool that selects the best photos taken on a given day or a month or year.

But Apple Maps will benefit from the biggest redesign of any of the company's integrated applications. Starting with iOS 13, the maps will include detailed data on the streets and places that Apple has collected with street and aerial footage – tactics that its biggest mobile apps rival Google has been using for years .

For smartphone users looking to stop spam before the fall, try these four tips to limit unknown calls. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will also vote in June to determine whether it is permissible to allow mobile operators to block spam calls by default.

Kathleen Joyce of Fox Business and Associated Press contributed to this report.