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> It's ridiculous that it took Google so long to implement such a basic feature on their phones. Do other phone vendors do this?
by sowbug 10y ago
> It's ridiculous that it took Google so long to implement such a basic feature on their phones.
Do other phone vendors do this?
- Klathmon 10y agoYeah it's a pet peeve of mine when people call any feature a "basic" one. How is this basic? At a minimum it requires a database of spam numbers, a way to automatically add new ones, probably some way to deprecate numbers that are no longer spammy, a UI, and I'm sure some legal work to ensure they won't break any laws.
- derefr 10y agoOddly, Apple already has a "database of spam numbers, a way to automatically add new ones", etc., but it only functions within iMessage. Calls from the same numbers don't get detected, and there's no option to flag callers. (You can block them, but not "report as spam.")
- pandaman 10y agoSamsung dialer on my S7 does warn about potential spammers. I still use Google dialer because Samsung just looks very shabby. Another feature, which makes me facepalm in Google dialer is inability to block a spoofed number. If the phone number, which just called you, does not match some rules you get "Invalid phone number" pop up when choosing to block it.
- aembleton 10y agoMIUI does this. MIUI is created by Xiaomi, one of China's largest mobile phone manufacturers. It is a fork of Android. I've never installed it on a phone but have imported Xiaomi handsets that have it installed. http://en.miui.com/zt/miui8/index.html http://en.miui.com/zt/miui8/index.html