Google Just Revealed a Brilliantly Simple Trick to Totally Destroy Telemarketers. (Wait, Why Aren’t We Doing This Already?)
5th August 2019
Here’s how Google’s solution works–introduced at its hardware event in New York City on Tuesday. It’s called simply “Call Screen,” and it’s built into Android on the Pixel 3.
- When you get a call from a number you don’t recognize on an Android device, click “Call Screen” on your device.
- Google Assistant answers the call, with a greeting like, “Hi, the person you’re calling is using a screening service from Google, and will get a copy of this conversation. Go ahead and say your name, and why you are calling.”
- The caller will either hang up–in which case it’s probably not important–or provide an answer, which will then be transcribed and displayed on your screen.
- Then it’s up to you to decide whether to answer.