[binarysolo]

I remember a time when I'd pick up every single call received... now it's the opposite, I only have it ring on recognized phone numbers + I skim voicemails, filter out the ones that leave the 3-4s of silence or autoplay text, and call back those who actually have business purpose with me.

If there exist AI robocalls that start spoofing my friends and loved ones... ugh, I can just imagine the hassle of doing due diligence for every voicemail going forward. (This does kinda remind me of the scams where someone pretends to be a kidnapped distant family member, cries in the background of the call, and asks for ransom money....)

[hiddencost]

Android has a call screening feature that's amazing. I turn it on for any unknown number. I haven't missed any calls I wanted to receive, and everything else fails the screen.

[webninja]

Hopefully that doesn’t filter out important calls from unknown numbers too like job offers.

[SoftTalker]

Same. If you're not already in my address book, I'm not answering your call. I don't have voice mail set up either.

[ghaff]

That's not realistic for many people. I don't have every doctor's office that I might come in contact with in my contact database. Nor every emergency service that may contact me because of an elderly relative or someone else. And presumably you don't have a landline either so you're simply choosing to make yourself not contactable.

Which isn't a reasonable option for a lot of people assuming there are alternatives.

[criddell]

Is it difficult for the carriers or the phone makers to determine if a message is empty, and if so, delete it? This should be an option I can turn on.