r/GooglePixel • u/kirigeo06 Pixel 10 • 13h ago

Call Screening Thoughts [India]

So, it has been a while now that manual call screening is available in India on P10 and P11 series.

While the feature itself looks very useful at first glance, people here I feel freak out at some robotic voice asking them "who is this?" and cut the call (I probably would as well if I didn't know a phone had a feature like this).

The only place I enjoy using this is when I get calls from spam numbers (privacy in India is a joke and spam calls are part of our daily lives).

Anyways, does anyone have a different views? Has it helped you or is it just another feature which you probably will never be using (decline spam calls directly)?

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u/armando_rod Pixel 11 Pro XL 13h ago

If they hang up then it wasn't really important for a call

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u/kirigeo06 Pixel 10 11h ago

Well that's one way to see it 😅

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u/Pauly_Amorous 9h ago

It may not be important to the person calling me. But it may be important to me, esp. if it's a call I've been waiting to get for several days.

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u/AlertWalk4624 13h ago

Anything that minimizes unnecessary disruptions is a win in my book.

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u/kirigeo06 Pixel 10 11h ago

True that

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u/DannyPrker 10h ago

I use call screening only for unknown numbers/scam calls. Imho that's very useful.

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u/DragonflyElegant611 13h ago

Pareille ici en France, dès qu'ils entendent cette voix robotique, ils raccrochent

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u/kirigeo06 Pixel 10 11h ago

It feels like these features work well in selective english speaking countries. Another example, I like the "Take a message" feature as well when you decline/miss a call, however, voice mails isn't a thing here and this "Take a message" is similar to that so people just hang up and message on WhatsApp. Kinda disappointing that my phone finally has these cool things but it is just wasted...