Apple’s iOS 26 introduces two opt-in Phone app features—Call Screening and Hold Assist—that aim to reduce spam calls and ease the pain of long hold times. Call Screening prompts unknown callers to ...

I’ve never enjoyed phone calls, but two excellent new features make them a lot better in iOS 26—and have made me a big fan of ...

Apple and Google have each introduced phone features aimed at reducing common call-related annoyances. iOS 26’s Hold Assist and Call Screening automate waiting on hold and blocking unwanted callers, ...

Are you frequently interrupted by calls from unknown numbers? With iOS 26, Apple has introduced the “Silence Unknown Callers” feature, a practical solution to minimize distractions by automatically ...

Enabling Screen Unknown Senders can filter out any messages from unknown numbers. So, it could filter out a message from a ...

In iOS 26, Visual Intelligence kicks in the moment you take a screenshot. As soon as you take a screenshot, tap the thumbnail to open the editor, and you'll see two new buttons: Ask (send the ...