Hey,<p>What’s the state of the art, best possible way to stop spam calls to my cell phone?<p>It’s getting unbelievable. On certain days I’m forced to pick up calls from random numbers - say when my brother might be calling me (he has health issues etc), and they’re almost always spam calls.<p>My iPhone often says “spam caller” or “potential spam” but it still lets it ring through.<p>Plz help fam, I’m losing it a bit.
RoboKiller works OK... better than nothing: <a href="https://www.robokiller.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.robokiller.com/</a><p>Pixel phones come with Google's own spam blocker, which seems to work much better. It both has a blocklist and uses a virtual assistant to answer unknown calls and screens them.<p>I switched to iPhone for a while but ended up switching back because the spam problem there was so bad. Surprised Apple doesn't have a first-party solution to it yet. In the meantime Robokiller is better than nothing.
Does your brother call from random, unexpected numbers?<p>This doesn't help much, but I live in a place with a different area code from my number - thus, I can reliably estimate that 99.999% of all calls from "my" area code are spam.<p>I also no longer pick up numbers in general. I have a young child, so emergencies may come up, but I trust them to leave voicemails - whereas spammers <i>always</i> live a voicemail of either 5 seconds, or 52 seconds.
This obviously won't apply to your iPhone but Android users might find the following helpful.<p>Android has a simple call blocker built-in called "Do Not Disturb" mode.<p>A lot of people are unaware that it can easily be configured to only ring for numbers in your contact list. No ring for unknowns but you'll still receive a call notification so you can call back if you choose.