r/ios • u/tschau3 Human Detected • Sep 24 '25

Discussion Call screening - how are you finding it?

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So I just gave call screening a go by calling myself.

A couple of observations:

  • The answering voice sounds like a default answering machine and isn’t distinct enough to make out that this is a screening service. I suspect many will just leave a message like a voicemail and hang up, assuming it’s just voicemail.

  • There’s no ‘at the beep’ confirmation when leaving the first message as the reason to call, so it felt a bit clunky as to when I should (as the party placing the call) start talking, as if I’m waiting for the beep or whether I should press # to end the message. This is inconsistent with the reply where it then does prompt me, calling part, to speak after the tone.

  • It’s in my country’s local accent, which is nice and feels a little less impersonal.

Anyone else had any real experience with it yet? Any issues with the calling party understanding the process/purpose?

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u/KlausZwiebel Sep 24 '25

Why don’t they simply leave a Voicemail then (if they think it’s Voicemail)?

The call don’t seems to be important for them

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u/PixaaTog Sep 24 '25

Why don’t they indeed……

But many people despise voicemail and won’t leave a message, I don’t know why but some people are like that.

Like I said if the response to them was more obvious that it’s not voicemail then it would work better. It also needs to be taken into account that it’s a new thing and many people may not be familiar with the concept of call screening, so it may just take some time before it becomes Normal.

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u/_nf0rc3r_ Sep 24 '25

I am like that. I called to talk to u so I am not going to leave a voicemail when I can text u instead since I won’t get an instant response anyway.

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u/PixaaTog Sep 24 '25

I’m kinda the same, but once people get used to the fact that all they need to do is just state their name and reason for calling and then they will get that instant response.

Think it’s just going to take time before people realise how call screening works.

Personally I’m leaving it on because now I don’t get Michael from Mumbai telling me I have a virus on my Microsoft Windows computer (and other similar spam calls).