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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This doesn't read as a global Blocklist for all Android phones in the world. It reads more as a local database/API for blocked numbers on your phone.

So blocked numbers would theoretically be applied to your messages apps and other "telephony" based apps that use phone numbers such as WhatsApp (should said apps implement the API).

Google already seems to have a spammer database for numbers, though I'm not sure if that applies to just Fi users, Pixel users, or anyone who uses the Google Phone app. If I have call screen disabled, I'll see numbers on an incoming call have a red background with a "likely spam" description.

But based on the comments on this post, I feel as if I've overlooked something in the article here (I've just woken up so it wouldn't surprise me) - is there a mention of it being a worldwide list?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No after reading the article, you’re definitely right. I just assumed Android already had that functionality, because that’s how it works on iOS, and usually iOS doesn’t have any features Android is missing.

[–] can 5 points 1 year ago

As is often the case Samsung has had it for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here’s a feature iOS has that android doesn’t:

Guides in maps.

I don’t use it for its intended purpose, but as a school bus driver it’s great for keeping track of where the stops are without maps trying to direct me.

I can set up a route in Google maps, but it insists on directing me and I can only put in 10 stops before having to start a new route.

I don’t need directions, I just need to know if it’s this corner or the next one.