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11-10-2024, 04:21 PM
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Telemarketing and spam calls are relentless, and you might be surprised to learn that you can do little to stop them — for example, political campaigns are exempt from the National Do Not Call Registry (https://www.donotcall.gov/). Luckily, our phones have started to include excellent spam filters to keep unwanted incoming calls at bay. But that raises an important question: do you need a specific phone, or is this protection standard across the Android ecosystem? While many think great spam protection is a Pixel-exclusive feature, the truth is, you don’t really need a Pixel phone (https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-9-3365966/) at all. So, who and what is really saving us from the spam deluge? Let’s break it down.

How does spam call protection on Android work?

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