How to block unwanted calls and texts | Nydia Knows

Time now for Nydia Knows. Thank you to all of you who sent in your questions. This one is from Ree Pierce. Hi, Nydia. Wanted to ask how to get rid of those robocalls, those spam calls that we're always getting on the iPhones. Okay, thanks. This is such a great question. Thank you so much. And here is your answer. There is a call blocking feature you can activate on both iPhones and Androids. On your iPhone, go to settings then apps then phone then scroll down to call filtering and turn on call filtering for spam that way calls identified as spam or fraud by your carrier will be silenced sent to voicemail and moved to the spam list one caveat your carrier does have to support this feature now on android open your phone app tap the three dots or menu icon then go to settings caller id spam and turn on filter spam calls. You can also put your number on the national do not call registry but that will only stop legitimate telemarketers. So your better bet is to filter spam calls as I just explained and silence unknown callers. That way calls from unsafe numbers will go straight to your voicemail. You can always pick up as they're leaving a voicemail if it turns out to be someone you do want to talk to or you can call them back later. And if If you have a question, please go to 6abc.com slash nidiaknows. You can ask me about a range of topics from consumer to product to parenting. If I don't know the answer, I'll ask an expert for you. And you might just see your selfie video or written question with an answer right here on Action News at 10 a.m. By the way, we've put those step-by-step instructions on how to take other steps to reduce spam calls and text messages on 6abc.com slash nidiaknows. We also put what you just saw on our website so you can make sure to follow those prompts. And thank you so much again to Ms. Pierce for your question. Yeah, I'm so great. I need to do this. I'm saving the script. I'm putting this in the purse right now. I've already done it. It makes a big difference. Great. Thank you, Nydia.