User level: Level 1 (4 points)Is there a setting to turn on where iPhone will do a notification or ring immediately after Siri begins to screen unknown callers? I currently don’t get notified if a unknown caller calls me and only rings after they provide a reason
Posted on Sep 19, 2026 10:29 AM
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Sep 19, 2026 10:39 AM in response to tomek102
There is not an audible notification when there is an unknown caller, it just appears silently on the screen. You can send Feedback to Apple here:
Legitimate callers usually have no problem saying their name and reason for call, where your phone would then ring like usual when using the Ask Reason for Call option. It is typically the spam calls that don't do that and you are not interrupted when they attempt to call.
User level: Level 7 (33,488 points)Sep 19, 2026 12:03 PM in response to tomek102
I’d call that working as expected - why use call screening if you want the phone to ring when a call is screened?
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360607