Google's new feature will help you determine an unknown call's purpose so that you don't have to answer it right away. The new 'Verified Calls' feature lets you know why business is calling you.
Google today is introducing a new feature for Android phones that will help legitimate businesses reach their customers by phone by having their brand name and reason for calling properly identified. The feature, known as “Verified Calls,” will display the caller’s name, the… pic.twitter.com/Ly6Ksjkw4O — Prateek Raj (@_raj_prateek) September 8, 2020
Once businesses sign up with one of these, they'll need to provide their number, customer's contact number, and call reason to the Verified Calls server. After doing this, Google will send the information to the smartphone's Google Phone app. A call will only be verified if its information matches the business' data.
Google also confirmed that the user number and call reason would be removed after a few minutes of verification to protect consumer privacy.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
