Android P May Support Blocking Calls From Unknown, Private, and Pay Phone Numbers
We’re nearing the release of the first Android P Developer Preview (judging by how much activity has died down in AOSP), but there’s still a few tidbits here and there of possible upcoming features in the next major version of Android. We recently learned about possible native Iris scanner support, privacy tweaks such as blocking cameraand microphone access from idle apps, and much more. Now, we’re seeing another feature in the works: enhanced call blocking features.
A new set of commits has shown up in the AOSP Gerrit from a Sony engineer. Sony engineers have recently been behind a ton of carrier-related changes in Android, such as giving the ability for carriers to define the LTE signal bars, hide the signal strength from settings, and add a national roaming toggle in settings, so it’s not too surprising to see another change from them. The change this time is a lot more user-friendly, though, as the commits add new features to the default dialer app: the ability to block calls from unknown numbers, private numbers, pay phones, or any numbers not in your contact list.
Currently, you are only able to block calls on a per-number basis. The numbers that you block must be added manually, which means you basically can only block calls from unwanted numbers after-the-fact. With these new settings, however, you can restrict who is allowed to call you so you won’t ever be bothered by unwanted phone calls.
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