On Tuesday, Truecaller announced the new version of its iPhone app that’s compatible with iOS 11. Along with the support for the latest iOS, they have added a new spam-filtering feature that will filter out SMS and MMS spam from iMessages and send them to junk tab.
The feature will work pretty much like junk emails system, which filters spam into a separate folder. This promises to great new feature because you will no longer have to spend time deleting unwanted messages manually from the device. Although, only time will tell how effective the filtering process is.
As stated by Rishit Jhunjhunwala, VP of Product, Truecaller, “We’re always looking for ways to increase safety while communicating.” He further said, “Now, iPhone users will have a powerful tool to automatically filter junk and spam SMS, which has been highly requested by our users.”
Truecaller claims that the app blocks more than 100 million spam SMS and text messages globally each week. And approximately 82 million spam texts are received by Indian users among which 24 million are automatically blocked.
Previously in this month, Android received ‘Number Scanner’ and ‘Fast Track Number’ features from Truecaller. The Number Scanner allows you to scan numbers from billboards, business cards and virtually anything and you can simply use your phone’s camera to use this feature. The Fast Track Numbers would integrate toll-free numbers that have been curated across several categories like Banks, Emergency Services, Airlines, Hotels etc. into the app makes them accessible via the search bar. These features aren’t available for iOS yet.
Along with the big updates to the main app, The Flash Messaging and Google Duo powered video calling recently launched by Truecaller is used by more than 250 million users globally. All in all, Truecaller in continuously making feature additions and expanding its scope to become an essential app for all users.