Scam ID is a new technology that T-mobile customers will soon be able to use. The program was created to detect spam calls before one bothers to pick up their T-Mobile cell line.

Similar to the way Google’s Phone app works on some Nexus and Pixel phones no matter what carrier one’s on, T-Mobile customers will soon have their calls filtered before hearing the call go off. T-Mobile will automatically detect an incoming caller that may be hazardous or spam, and will notify you of the potentially harmful call right on your lockscreen if you’re on an Android phone. Instead of seeing caller ID, you’ll see the phone number in which is calling you as well as an indicator reading ‘Spam Likely’.

Once the call comes in, you’ll be able to ignore just like any other call, decline the call, or block the call and all future incoming calls from the same number. Everything happens on the network level and will therefore work on every T-Mobile handset. The service will be far from perfect at the point of release, as not all calls will be spotted before they reach you, but it theoretically should improve over time.

The functionality has been approved and will start rolling out on April 5th.

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SOURCE [T-Mobile]