Learn how to set your iPhone to automatically answer calls with speakerphone mode enabled for hands-free convenience in this step-by-step guide.
How to set your iPhone to answer calls with speakerphone automatically
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Apple works on eliminating call spoofing on iPhone
It looks like Apple could finally be getting serious about helping to eliminate nuisance calls on iPhones. A new Apple patent for “Detection of Spoofed Call Information,” targets a specific type of calling that has become increasingly annoying in recent years.
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AutoAnswer X brings advanced automatic call-taking features to jailbroken iOS 11 handsets
Depending on how often you take FaceTime or Phone calls on your iPhone, you might find it handy to have your handset automatically accept incoming calls from specific people under specific circumstances.
You can configure your iPhone to answer phone calls automatically if you have iOS 11, but a jailbreak tweak called AutoAnswer X (iOS 11) by iOS developer Elias Limneos provides a better long-term solution with more features and configuration than you could ever dream of receiving in an official iOS update from Apple.
Elias Limneos releases CallBar X for jailbroken iOS 11 devices
CallBar by iOS developer Elias Limneos was perhaps one of the most popular jailbreak tweaks ever conceived for the iPhone. The tweak replaces iOS’ full-screen incoming call interface with a substantially less intrusive incoming call banner with integrated call options.
Given CallBar’s popularity, it should come off as exciting news that Limneos officially launched CallBar X for iOS 11 in Cydia this week. Following in its predecessor’s footsteps, CallBar X makes the incoming call experience more convenient for those sporting jailbroken iOS 11 devices.
PokeCall brings a classic Pokémon-centric makeover to the incoming call interface
For all those Pokémon aficionados out there, PokeCall is a new jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Frozen Penguin that makes your iPhone’s incoming call interface look more like a battle screen from the classic Pokémon games.
In the screenshot examples above, you can see examples of how PokeCall replaces the stock incoming call interface in iOS with a Pokémon-centric look and feel.
CallBlocker brings functional call-blocking options to jailbroken iPhones
Some of you may receive more phone calls than others, and sometimes they come from people that you don’t want calling your number, such as exes and/or telemarketers.
A wide assortment of call-blocking apps can be found in the App Store, but a new free jailbreak tweak called CallBlocker by iOS developer Kiran Patil promises to deliver a more in-depth experience.
Siri could soon make declining phone calls more useful and personal
A new Apple patent application shows that Siri could one day provide an iPhone caller with a reason why you had to reject their call. In doing so, the process of declining calls could become a more enjoyable and useful experience for those on both sides of the digital cord.
LetMeKnow provides subtle feedback when your phone calls connect or disconnect
If you make and receive phone calls on a regular basis, then you may have something to gain by installing a new free jailbreak tweak called LetMeKnow by iOS developer Kiran Patil.
LetMeKnow provides iPhone users with an ounce of haptic feedback whenever a phone call connects or disconnects. It works regardless of which party disconnects the call, and it can prevent you from having to plaster your phone to your face until someone picks up your outgoing calls.
Apple is investigating iPhone X’s incoming call bug
Hundreds of iPhone X owners have been complaining recently about an unusual bug that's causing them to miss incoming calls because the handset's OLED display won't wake, preventing the call from being answered.
Here’s how HomePod will handle phone calls
One of the tidbits about HomePod that can be gleaned easily from Apple's refreshed website and today's press release announcing the device's February 9 availability is the fact that the Siri-driven smart speaker won't take phone calls at launch.