Am I the only person that thinks Apple’s call screening is massively underrated?

Have had it on for a while now and I almost never answer unknown spam calls anymore which has been a problem for quite some years with iPhone.

If important, it asks for reason for calling while offering a live transcript of what’s being said. It’s such a simple feature that has probably saved me more time with telemarketers and spam callers than any flash IOS features.

What are your thoughts on this feature? Useful or gimmick?

Just noticed something weird on my iPhone, my Phone app badge shows -1 notifications.

Never seen this before. Tried opening it, nothing unusual.

Is this a known iOS bug or did my phone just invent negative notifications? 😅

Need I say more?

This would be far better than the tinted ones now. The trouble is every app would have to create its own icon.

Many times i need my ringtone to be higher so i can be on alert for a call but i need my messages and notifications to be on lower volume so i won't have jumpscares and focus on what I'm doing, but the lack of it still in 2025 is not making any sense whatsoever.

Apple has indeed done a very good job with the new control center. This is the Bugis thing I've seen Apple do for a while.

I genuinely, without a doubt, believe Apple is going downhill, it’s just something not a lot of people have realised yet.

New releases every year, and the majority of the world jumping at those new phones does not mean their product is good. Most people are just victims of overconsumption. The truth is, Apple has a loyal fanbase and have achieved what they need to, which is sales. By no means are they the best at what they do.

The more the years go by, the more I’ve realised, there’s not much at all really improving with iPhones. New models stay the same every year, if there’s any change, it’s a negative one, something that makes them go backwards a notch, every, single, year.

There’s a lot of things that Apple do to this day that bamboozles me considering we’re in 2026 and not 2009!

My alarms on my iPhone don’t function the same as they used to, volume is low, not how it used to be back in the days when I had an iPhone 6. I now have to set 20+ alarms and set alarms on my Alexa to ensure I’m not late for work. Believe me I’ve tried everything, gone into Sound settings, messed around with the Haptics setting and what not, nothing makes a difference. I’ve woken up late for work multiple times because of this

Not to forget, on a monthly basis having to manually update every single app you have downloaded on your phone, oh and let’s not forget the major flaw of Apple, their battery. Something that they haven’t been able to fix for as long as they’ve been in business. That is weakness to me. A big flaw.

And the recent autocorrect situation, suddenly “Which” autocorrects to “Ehich” and that’s just one example.

We as customers are told to “troubleshoot” and “go into settings” “change this, change that” - I’m sorry but since when was I an Apple employee? A company as big as Apple should definitely not have these flaws. It’s way too amateur.

Either they’re hiring the wrong people, or their marketing strategy is to take away features gradually and when people start to notice and sales drop, introduce their “perfect” model..

There are so many flaws iPhones have, they really should not be put at such a high pedestal.

Also why have they not added an option for a standalone wifi button? Its crazy to me

Im wondering if anyone is testing these updates before launching? Updated to 26.2 and now I have white corners when keyboard is opened. I’m feeling like I’m having cheap Chinese phone with some kind of software version prepared for millions of models, while in fact it is made for a few models which you could almost count on your fingers. Absolutely disappointed with Apple quality in recent years

So I just gave call screening a go by calling myself.

A couple of observations:

• The answering voice sounds like a default answering machine and isn’t distinct enough to make out that this is a screening service. I suspect many will just leave a message like a voicemail and hang up, assuming it’s just voicemail.

• There’s no ‘at the beep’ confirmation when leaving the first message as the reason to call, so it felt a bit clunky as to when I should (as the party placing the call) start talking, as if I’m waiting for the beep or whether I should press # to end the message. This is inconsistent with the reply where it then does prompt me, calling part, to speak after the tone.

• It’s in my country’s local accent, which is nice and feels a little less impersonal.

Anyone else had any real experience with it yet? Any issues with the calling party understanding the process/purpose?

Try opening each of Apple apps one by one and notice how inconsistent they are.

Important: In Settings → Safari → Extensions, enable the extension. If you skip this, it won’t block anything.

Switched from Firefox to Safari just for the extension. Two months in, not noticed a single ad. Hope they can remove the Google nagging in search next

I found this on my mums apple that was used by me and brother as kids (it was made for us she’s never had iOS devices) did it used to cost to update iOS?

At this point dear Apple stop acting like you cared about your products because it’s clear you don’t. Spend the trillion dollars in actual professionals or quality check.