Cyanogen OS To Feature New Caller ID, Followed By Partnership With Truecaller

With Cyanogen 12 Bone introduced, OnePlus users have been demanding more features to heighten utility and make the most of this update. Seemingly, Cyanogen has announced a global partnership with Truecaller for the provision of a new caller ID feature. The Caller ID feature enhances the utility of in-telephone calls past blocking unwanted and unauthentic calls.

Moreover, its not merely the OnePlus users who will do good with the Caller ID feature. According to Cyanogen's announcement on its official web log page, Yureka is also part of the plan. The updates volition be sent via OTA mechanism (over the air). Lets head down to some details on what more than does Cyanogen has in store with the introduction of Caller ID.

Truecaller To Feature In Future Cyanogen Bone Smartphones

Dave Herman, Cyanogen'due south Vice President emphasizes that the Caller ID feature does not lone provide authenticity to the calls but it's classified equally a smart development that identifies numbers and keep spam calls out of the dialer. You also have an availability of selection whether yous want to report a bad phone call or not. Cynaogen's Caller ID feature hold up to 1.7 billion numbers to date and extensions volition exist made in the future. So basically, Truecallser'due south caller ID feature know who's calling you lot, earlier yous do. Dave Herman says:

"You lot still see the phone number, but then you come across that 635 people have marked information technology every bit a spam call, and instantly yous tin reply it or see whether to reject it. That'due south something that'south going to bode well for emerging markets, where spam calling is very high."

So the mystery behind an unknown caller is no longer a mystery every bit Cyanogen's Caller ID has all the data base required to tell who is calling. The Caller ID feature is not a pre-loaded application neither an installed one but it comes with an OTA update that builds right in to your dialer. When you lot start using the device, yous can either opt in or opt out. If and when you decide to use the Truecaller, it volition authenticate numbers in less than a second. Plus you tin can know virtually span callers by looking in to details whether other users have reported the number. This can make calling very professional and hinder gratuitous.

The Truecaller feature is yet in the developing stages and will roll out in the adjacent couple of months. The future devices running Cyanogen OS will too come packed with Truecaller feature. That's that for now, for more details on this, stay tuned. Let united states of america know in the comments whether this feature is helpful or not.