Two hidden iOS 26 Phone app features are quietly solving the most annoying things about phone calls. Here's where to find them and turn them on.

LONDON(AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper that can screen incoming calls from unknown numbers. It's among the bevy of new features ...

Apple’s iOS 26 introduces two opt-in Phone app features—Call Screening and Hold Assist—that aim to reduce spam calls and ease the pain of long hold times. Call Screening prompts unknown callers to ...

iOS 26 introduced Call Screening, a new feature designed to filter calls from unknown numbers before users answer. The system automatically asks callers to state their name and reason for calling, ...

At WWDC 2025 on Monday, Apple unveiled a series of new features that will launch with iOS 26 this fall across its apps. These include significant updates like Call Screening, more travel-friendly ...

Big iOS updates always come with a few headline-grabbing features, and iOS 26 is no exception, thanks to Liquid Glass and the ...

iOS 26 overhauled one of the iPhone’s original and most iconic apps: the Phone app. While I’ve never enjoyed phone calls, two excellent new features make them a lot better in iOS 26—and have made me a ...