iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review

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This review is always the best way for me to discover the new features in the new iOS updates. Always well created.

Doesn’t look like too many big changes in iOS 17. The primary feature I would like to see added is the Google Pixel’s call screening that effectively eliminates spam and handles unknown numbers that are not spam rather effectively.

Does iOS 17’s Live Voicemail solve this problem for you?

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/06/ios-17-makes-iphone-m...

Not entirely, but that’s a really nice feature! It brings a great design my grandparents’ voicemail on their landline has had for decades.

What I want is how the Google Pixel lets you screen calls. The unknown caller talks to a robot that requests that they explain the reason for their call and then I get notified and can read what they said. This makes it easy to answer a call from my doctor’s office while weeding out spam. Currently I silence all unknown callers because I receive so much spam, but that’s led to me missing important calls.

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