AI and Copilot haters - Every phone should have this app (Samsung S26 Ultra) !!! Call assistant - pre-screens calls


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To all who hate A.I and co pilot -- I'm finding it more and more useful almost every day and it's only the beginning of this stuff -- This app particularly good on my samsung S26 Ultra phone with the 8.5 UI but also is in 9.0 beta if you've installed that one (it's the International / EU version with only esim so the phone or feature might not be available on phones bought in the UK or USA) .

Call assistant. This generates a request message for the caller to enter their name and the reason for calling which is displayed on your phone - you can agree to continue as text, answer or reject the call, block the number, assign to spam etc etc -- you can of course at any time answer the call normally -- when you get a call the call assistant button appears so you don't have to enter it but can just answer the call normally.

Brilliant very useful bit of app - especially when you get those annoying calls from Indian etc call centres from Customer (dis-)services after buying something or complaining about something and they call later with "how did we do" etc type rubbish. Well done Samsung -- mind you the app was not obvious to find in the phone's options.

I've looked in colleagues iPhones, latest one's and they at least I can't find it don't seem to have this app or equivalent - but I'm no expert on iPhones. Perhaps an iPhone user could reply if there is an equivalent app and how to activate it. !!

As far as A.I / Copilot is concerned I'm semi-retired now and this stuff helps so much these days on gigs - people who are young enough to be my grandkids seem to have no conception of the power of this stuff and take ages to do stuff that I can complete in minutes or hours !!!.

Over Every office there should be displayed rather like the famous motto over a notorious WWII death camp "Arbeit Macht Frei" -- changed for modern use "Work Smarter not Harder" !!!

Cheers
jimbo
 

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To all who hate A.I and co pilot -- I'm finding it more and more useful almost every day and it's only the beginning of this stuff -- This app particularly good on my samsung S26 Ultra phone with the 8.5 UI but also is in 9.0 beta if you've installed that one (it's the International / EU version with only esim so the phone or feature might not be available on phones bought in the UK or USA) .

Call assistant. This generates a request message for the caller to enter their name and the reason for calling which is displayed on your phone - you can agree to continue as text, answer or reject the call, block the number, assign to spam etc etc -- you can of course at any time answer the call normally -- when you get a call the call assistant button appears so you don't have to enter it but can just answer the call normally.

Brilliant very useful bit of app - especially when you get those annoying calls from Indian etc call centres from Customer (dis-)services after buying something or complaining about something and they call later with "how did we do" etc type rubbish. Well done Samsung -- mind you the app was not obvious to find in the phone's options.

I've looked in colleagues iPhones, latest one's and they at least I can't find it don't seem to have this app or equivalent - but I'm no expert on iPhones. Perhaps an iPhone user could reply if there is an equivalent app and how to activate it. !!

As far as A.I / Copilot is concerned I'm semi-retired now and this stuff helps so much these days on gigs - people who are young enough to be my grandkids seem to have no conception of the power of this stuff and take ages to do stuff that I can complete in minutes or hours !!!.

Over Every office there should be displayed rather like the famous motto over a notorious WWII death camp "Arbeit Macht Frei" -- changed for modern use "Work Smarter not Harder" !!!

Cheers
jimbo
Frankly, in my opinion, it is a load of pretentious hype.

I have tried using it for a while but gave up as it was a PITA to use effectively.

In most cases the callers just rang off and genuine ones called back later.

Worse, you get a genuine reply whilst using it but unless you monitor it closely (rather defeating point of it), you end up not responding in time. The guys expect a response in a couple of seconds and ring off.

In the end, I just look at the calling number 0300 numbers in UK are usually genuine (typically NHS) so I answer. I tend to ignore 07 mobile numbers which are not in my contacts. If the call is important, they will leave a voice mail.

I generally ignore most regional landline 01 numbers as well (unless 01224 (Aberdeen) numbers) as most are spam calls.

The point is if the call is important, they will leave a message.

So in the end, to me this feature is "A solution to a problem I never had".

So my method is simple - answer if I recognise call, let it go to voicemail if I do not! This method uses HI (Human Intelligence).
 

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