Is there any way to prevent spam calls from ringing on a Pixel 8?

[zBernie]

Is there any way to prevent spam calls from ringing on a Pixel 8? I've fond directions on the web and AI, but none of them work! I can only surmise that the OS has been updated and these configuration instructions no longer apply.

 

[Milo Willamson]

Youmail is near perfect if you want to download that.

 

[ocnbrze]

i second youmail. been using it for over a decade now. i would say that it will eliminate 80-90% of spam calls and text messages......so yeah some will get thru, but it is the best that i have found. there are other spam blockers out there feel free to try them, but i really like youmail

YouMail: Spam Call Blocker - Apps on Google Play

Protect your phone number. Block spam calls, identify callers & protect privacy.

play.google.com

 

[Milo Willamson]

i second youmail. been using it for over a decade now. i would say that it will eliminate 80-90% of spam calls and text messages......so yeah some will get thru, but it is the best that i have found. there are other spam blockers out there feel free to try them, but i really like youmail

YouMail: Spam Call Blocker - Apps on Google Play

Protect your phone number. Block spam calls, identify callers & protect privacy.

play.google.com

I think whenever you did mentioned it to me first, ocnbrze, I download it and I think I have been using it since then the early days here.

 

[PitCarver]

I'm on Verizon and their call filter has never let me down.

 

[olbriar]

I do not answer calls from a number not in my directory. I haven't answered an unknown number in over a decade. I don't cut the call short, I just let it ring. I'll give a voice mail a look but rarely is any left. I get maybe two unknown calls a week.

 

[Milo Willamson]

I get maybe a few spam messages and caller that is just strange that it isn't in my contact list.. Even with youmail as well..

 

[PitCarver]

I do not answer calls from a number not in my directory. I haven't answered an unknown number in over a decade. I don't cut the call short, I just let it ring. I'll give a voice mail a look but rarely is any left. I get maybe two unknown calls a week.

I rarely ever get any calls from outside my contacts list. After the Boss Lady had her surgeries I'd get calls from the doctor, hospital, etc, and they'd come through. My call filter blocks known spam calls automatically.