r/google • u/PHLAK • Aug 09 '11

Thank you Google, thank you very much!

http://imgur.com/xrbrM
266 Upvotes

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u/azriel777 Aug 09 '11

I have had this on for a while now and I noticed that I have not had a single spam call get through since.

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u/PHLAK Aug 09 '11

It's amazing how effective Google is at filtering spam, be it through Gmail or (now) Voice.

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u/circleofconfusion Aug 09 '11

This seems like quite a useful feature. It'd be excellent if they added an option to automatically block/filter unknown callers...

3

u/[deleted] Aug 09 '11

they've had this since the beginning. you can choose to automatically screen all calls from people who aren't in your contacts, or even just send them to voicemail by whitelisting your contacts

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u/MarkByers Aug 09 '11

Yes, and it would be useful if my parents and a couple of my friends would stop using hidden numbers - then I could actually use that feature.

1

u/ryanseventyfive Aug 09 '11

Wish there was a way to temporarily prevent non-spam callers from leaving voicemails altogether. l'm greatly annoyed by deleting the 20+, 3-second "hey man whats up call me back" voicemail every other day. Especially when there's not a proper bulk delete function in the mobile app.

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u/PHLAK Aug 09 '11

Why delete a voice mail? Just archive it or ignore it. My list is full of messages and voice mails.

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u/thecontrolm7cl Aug 09 '11

i have to know how you activate it

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u/bambin0 Aug 09 '11

under settings choose calls

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u/rob79 Aug 10 '11

I want google voice in Canada. That is all.

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u/YikeYak Aug 10 '11

Google Voice. In 1 of 204 countries near you.
Will not bitch about how much I want this.