Google Voice already had spam filtering, but today it’s getting suspected spam call alerts, allowing users more control over which calls get sent to voicemail.
Google Voice will now help users stay protected against spam and fraud calls with a new spam filtering feature added to the virtual phone number service. When a potential spammer calls your Google Voice number, you will see a label reading «Suspected spam caller.» Spam calls are an annoyance for most of us these days, so much so that many smartphone users have taken to outright ignoring calls coming from unrecognized numbers.
For those who do pick up calls from numbers they don’t recognize, these spam calls can go beyond being a mere annoyance and result in significant financial losses. In 2021, as many as 60 million Americans were duped by spam callers, with losses amounting to almost $30 billion.
