Apple's expanded call‑screening tool is rapidly changing the way Americans use their phones and how their calls get answered. Attorney Alan Jackson, whose client roster has included Karen Read and Nick Reiner, told WSJ that colleagues had begun after unexpectedly encountering his iPhone's robotic screener. Apple’s new call‑screening tool uses an automated voice to ask unknown callers to identify themselves before the phone rang. Americans received more than two billion robocalls a month, pushing professionals toward Apple’s tool or Google’s Pixel version just to keep their phones usable. Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin told the WSJ the change wasn’t about status - just convenience in an era when surprise calls have felt intrusive.