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How to Screen Calls on an Android Phone
In today’s digital age, it’s essential to have control over your phone and take steps to protect your privacy. One feature that can help you achieve this goal is call screening, which allows AI-powered assistance to answer unknown calls for you. This feature is available on both Samsung and Pixel phones.
**Using a Google Pixel or other Android phone**
To enable call screening on your Google Pixel or other Android device:
1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap the three dots in the top-right corner, then select Settings and Call Screen.
3. Turn on the Automatically screen calls toggle switch.
4. Choose between three protection levels: Maximum (all unknown numbers are screened and spam is declined); Medium (suspicious numbers are screened and spam is declined); or Basic (only known spam is declined).
5. Enable Save Call Screen audio if you want recordings of screened calls to be saved (transcribed text is saved automatically). Additionally, enable Automatically delete older recordings and transcripts to have these files deleted after 30 days.
6. Once enabled, the AI assistant will kick in without your input for calls that fall within the automatic protection level settings. If not, or if the call falls outside those settings, you’ll see a Screen call button when a call comes in, accompanied by buttons to accept or decline the call.
**When a call is being screened, you’ll be shown a transcript of what’s being said.**
Using the buttons at the bottom, you can end or pick up the call at any point or provide simple smart replies (like saying you’ll call back).
**You can find transcripts of screened calls on the Recent tab of the Phone app.**
**Samsung Galaxy phones have something similar called Bixby Text Call**
If you’re a Samsung user, you don’t need to worry; your phone has something similar to Google’s Call Screen feature.
1. From the Samsung Phone app: Tap the three dots in the top-right corner, choose Settings, then select Text call.
2. Turn on the toggle switch at the top.
3. Tap Language to choose which language you speak. You may need to download a language pack.)
4. Select Voice and either pick an existing voice or create your custom voice (you’ll have to download Bixby Custom Voice Creator).
5. Tap Quick responses to see the quick snippets you can get Bixby to say and to set up your own.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, both Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones provide a way for AI-powered assistance to answer unknown calls on your behalf. This feature not only protects your privacy but also allows you to quickly respond with smart replies or simply end the call without having to answer it.
Source: www.theverge.com
