Truecaller launch a new service for iPhone users in India called live caller ID. This function reveals to the user, the identity of the caller on the screen. The Stockholm-based firm has around 38 million users. On Android phones, if users receive an unknown call from someone, Truecaller displays the caller’s identity on the calling screen immediately.
As things function differently on the iPhone.
When getting a call from an unknown number on an iOS device, users must activate Siri to learn the caller ID.
They must say, ‘Hey Siri, Search Truecaller,’ and Siri will display the user’s live caller ID.
The Live Caller ID is a premium feature on the Truecaller app and iPhone users will need to buy a premium subscription to use this feature.
In India, TrueCaller offers two subscription tiers, Premium and Gold Premium.
An individual member’s premium subscription costs Rs. 529 per year or Rs. 179 for three months, and a Gold plan costs Rs. 5,000 per year.
The Truecaller app has become one of the most popular among smartphone users.
Introducing, for the very first time – Live Caller ID on iPhone! 📲
— Truecaller (@Truecaller) April 12, 2023
All you have to do is to say "Hey Siri, Search Truecaller".#HeySiriSearchTruecaller pic.twitter.com/clomwxwJxc
Truecaller has previously criticise for the manner in which it obtains data for its caller ID service.
As Truecaller data was allegedly “comprise of details which have been collected without consent,” according to a report by the Indian magazine The Caravan in 2022.
Truecaller refute the charges, claiming that the research was defective and based on erroneous information.
As per report, Truecaller’s product director for iOS, the app has had limit experience with iOS devices due to how Apple works with external third-party caller ID apps.
Truecaller’s current call-identification framework is confine to a finite set of numbers kept in directories in Apple’s CallKit framework and chosen by Truecaller’s spam algorithm.
Other numbers that aren’t save locally will have to be found manually.
To provide the plan live caller ID experience, the system makes use of Apple’s Siri Shortcuts and App Intents.
Users must first activate the Search Truecaller shortcut on their iPhone devices by selecting the Add to Siri option under the Premium menu.
The individual will be prompt the first time the shortcut is use to consent for Truecaller to search the screenshots capture by the shortcut.
