Truecaller Rolls out New Features to Filter Spam Messages on iPhone; Everything to Know

Akansha Pandey
Fluper Official
Published in
4 min readSep 15, 2020

Highlights of the blog:

· The call identification provider has introduced filters for iPhone users to block spam messages.

· The Truecaller app is all set to allow spam detection for the calls for iPhone users

· Users need to update their call identification application on the iPhone to access the new features.

Truecaller new features

Yes, the smartphone call identification and call blocking software are all set to revamp its features for iPhone users. With this new feature, the iPhone users can now use the new filter spam messages option on the Truecaller after updating the app.

The new spam messages filter will allow users to filter out unwanted messages from unidentified sources. This feature might be supportive if you’re getting a lot of messages from unknown numbers. To turn on this new messages filter on your device, you need to follow the below steps:

· First of all, go to the Truecaller App Settings

· Now Click on Message tap, and then Message Filtering

· Now choose Truecaller under SMS Filtering to use the feature.

If you are using this app and waiting for this feature for a long time, then you can start using this feature from today on the iPhone. The Director of this app has used the Pre-release version for a couple of weeks, and as per reports, it is working great, particularly on his India number.

Truecaller app

With these new additional features in the app, the Truecaller has also revamped its caller ID and spam finding feature on iOS. As the given name suggests, this feature will assist users in recognizing who is calling them. In case you are getting a call from an unidentified scammer or spammer, the app will advise users to block them. To turn on this feature, you need to follow the below-mentioned steps:

· To permit it, go to the settings app on your iPhone device

· Find the call option

· Tap on the Call Blocking and Identification option

· Finally, select call instances of Truecaller and done!

Truecaller is Sweden-based caller identifier software that revamped its caller ID and spam detection feature to help its iPhone users. With this step, it has made its services more authentic and reliable on the iPhone for users. Before this, the software has also introduced a spam activity pointer for Android devices previously in August. As we know, when it comes to spam calls and messages, India is the most India affected nation by spam messages in 2019, as per reports.

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In addition to this, the iPhone users who want to use this feature have to visit the app store to update their application and enjoy it in a better way. With the crowd of new measures adopted by the corporation, the Sweden-based caller identifier is aiming at making the Truecaller application much more consistent for the iOS users. The company has made an official announcement about the launch of this new feature for iPhone users on Twitter. If you want to access the new feature, then you have to make sure that their Truecaller application is updated to start getting access to the new feature.

Key features of the revamped TrueCaller app

All details in one tab

The updated Truecaller app can now find all the messages and calls details combined into a solitary list on the Home page. The user will get all the details for calls and messages in this section. The iPhone Truecaller app users can make a call or go into the chat with a sole click, just the mode it is done on chat apps.

Full-screen caller ID

Now you will not receive pop-up notifications, but the users will get details on the Full-Screen caller ID, which will allow them to check all the details of the person calling. This time app will not use a solitary color on the screen to display details but use different colors to aware the user about the type of call it is: If the shade is blue, the call is from known contacts and unidentified numbers, it will turn purple if the call is from delivery services and red color is selected for the spammers, and for gold account users of the app the color is gold.

Conclusion:

A few years back, India used to be a country where spam calls are on the rise. People were so much frustrated about receiving the highest number of spam messages and calls. But, in recent years, with the fame of caller identification app Truecaller, the situation has significantly enhanced, and according to the most recent report of Truecaller that was made public in 2019, India was the 5th country receiving about 67 percent of spam calls and messages. The Truecaller service provider works quite well, but at the same time, the app permissions make users annoyed some time as it is assumed to steal data, thus a lot of tech Greeks stay away from using it.

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Akansha Pandey
Fluper Official

She loves to write about what she has learned in all these years in the industry. She thinks that knowledge should be shared with everyone.