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Here's the solution that works for me:

Numbers that aren't already in my contacts list or outgoing calls list get sent straight to voicemail. I use Google Voice, so when people leave legit messages, I get a transcription and don't have to waste time listening to the messages themselves.

I get about 10-12 spam calls a day but this system works well.

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Is this a feature built into Android? I also have a Google Voice number, but can't send calls that come to my cell phone number straight to voicemail (iOS).

Both iOS and Android have a "do not disturb" mode where, when enabled, only phone numbers in your contact book will ring your phone. I just leave it on all the time.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204321

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6111295 (see "Option 3: Priority notifications only", and pick Contacts Only.)

There's a Do Not Disturb option on ios, that has a sub-option to still allow calls from people in your contacts list.

It is a feature of Google Voice. On Android you can block individual numbers though, or there are apps to filter calls through a ratings database.

Google Voice itself does pretty good spam filtering.

Does this give google all metadata on the calls you get? Do they already have this anyway if you use android?

I would be astonished if google was not recording every bit of data they could from google voice.

They do text transcription for voicemails; I'd be pretty surprised if they didn't have text transcripts of all calls that went through google voice as well.

I have similar concerns about google fiber, although I don't have the evidence to back any of it up.

Yes. No.

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