{"id":380646,"date":"2026-10-12T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=380646"},"modified":"2026-10-12T04:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:12:42","slug":"iphone-and-android-now-have-3-free-settings-to-cut-spam-calls-and-scam-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/iphone-and-android-now-have-3-free-settings-to-cut-spam-calls-and-scam-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone and Android now have 3 free settings to cut spam calls and scam texts"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2025, Apple\u2019s iPhone and Google\u2019s Android phones already come with spam-call and scam-text protection<\/a><\/strong> built in. You can turn it on in settings, and it gives you a straightforward three-step fix for a problem that\u2019s gotten huge: industry estimates say US robocalls reached 2.56 billion a month in 2025, and scam texts climbed to about 19 billion a year after tripling from 2021 to 2024.<\/p>\n

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On iPhone, Silence Unknown Callers sends numbers that aren\u2019t in your contacts, recent outgoing calls, or Siri Suggestions straight to voicemail, while still listing them in Recents. In Messages<\/a>, Apple can sort unknown senders<\/strong> into a separate area and keep notifications for those texts turned off. On Android, Google\u2019s Phone app gives you Caller ID & Spam warnings and can automatically block some calls, while Google Messages<\/a> flags suspicious texts.<\/p>\n\n

If you\u2019re getting regular spam calls or smishing texts, start with the tools already on your phone. They\u2019re a good first step<\/strong> before you pay for a blocker or hand your contacts over to a third party.<\/p>\n\n

AT&T ActiveArmor<\/a>, Verizon Call Filter<\/a>, and T-Mobile Scam Shield add free filtering<\/strong> on the carrier side, but you should still look through missed calls and voicemail because real calls from doctors, delivery drivers, or schools can get caught too. Industry reports say phone-scam losses averaged $3,690 and text scams $1,452 in early 2025. FCC pressure and STIR\/SHAKEN now cover about 91% of calls by industry estimates, but spoofing holes are still there.<\/p>\n\n

You can switch these on now<\/strong> in your phone settings or in your carrier app.<\/p>\n

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In 2025, Apple\u2019s iPhone and Google\u2019s Android phones already come with spam-call and scam-text protection built in. You can turn it on in settings, and it gives you a straightforward three-step fix for a problem that\u2019s gotten huge: industry estimates say US robocalls reached 2.56 billion a month in 2025, and scam texts climbed to … Continue reading “iPhone and Android now have 3 free settings to cut spam calls and scam texts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":380645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-380646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380649,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380646\/revisions\/380649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380646"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=380646"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=380646"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=380646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}