I know it’s google, but my colleague at work loves his Pixel’s assistant that answers and screens calls for him.
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It's really great, and you can just keep them on the line if it's an actual person.
Yeah, the next iOS is gonna have that feature. That'll help somewhat.
Voicemail? I wasn't sure we still did that.
I only read the transcripts. I see the word Google in the top two or three lines and delete. It's like, nine out of ten of them. And then there will be one from my dentist or something.
That already exists
Good to know. I don't use an android phone, but now I've got something to lean on sending feedback to Apple about why they need to catch up. Not that I expect that to help.
On average, Apple catches up 4 years after something has become a widespread standard feature.
Or they simply wait for a feature to get developed beyond the earliest stages and implement it when it's a bit more refined. But either way, yeah, they often aren't the first.
Yeah, that refinement thing is definitely a part of it. To me it seems that in most cases of the delayed features, there wasn't really that much refinement. I guess some of them were refined, but I can't think of a good example right now.
They're rumored to be releasing a folding iPhone this year or next. I remember reading reviews of the first handful of folding phones and all the tradeoffs that went with them. I saw a headline (but didn't read the article) about a recent folding phone being damn near perfect (or at least exceptionally good) just this month. I don't remember the manufacturer.
Anyway, that'd be an example off the top of my head. The next would be OLED. And before that, reflective coatings on displays (that one was when Jobs was still alive). There are probably others, but I guess I notice display technology a lot more than other hardware advances.
Ooh, just remembered one: Always on display. Android has had this feature for years, but it was always black and white. However, Apple did it with colors, which looks nicer. Is it more efficient though? Probably not, but I guess apple uses prioritize looks over practicality.
Why not just turn off voice mail?
I get legitimate calls (very few) about things like building maintenance trying to schedule when my apt needs service, the finance company wanting paperwork when I paid off my car, etc. At some point, there will be a call from a hospital about a family member. I can't risk not receiving any of the legit calls among all the spam.
These people will call again if you don't have voicemail and you didn't answer.
I don't answer unknown numbers. Letting them keep calling without vm transcripts to screen them does me no good. Also, I want to know about a family member in the hospital right away.
Most likely the other messages that are not spam.
In this day and age people should be texting me if they want my attention
I get 10-15 calls a day about my loan application being approved and to just call them back. My credit is frozen so unknown it’s bullshit! Mother fuckers need to be dropped in a pool full of acid!
I bet if you didn't apply for a loan, then you'd also know the announcement of a loan approval is crap.
Sounds like you could use an app that integrates AI STT to do this, it doesn't need to be hardware specific or even baked into the OS