With the app Google phone It is no longer necessary to look at the screen to know who is calling us. In recent days it has activated a new feature that allows us to hear the name or number of the person calling us.
This new feature is very useful if we usually wear headphones, as it will prevent us from having to take our mobile out of our pocket to find out who is calling us. If your mobile comes standard with the official Google phone call application, we will tell you how to activate the new one. caller ID announcement
Announce caller ID
This feature comes after months of waiting. It was first disclosed in September 2020, so eight months later we can finally listen who calls us
In the latest update of Google Phone (Beta) we will find the new option “Caller ID announcement” in the The settings of the application. By default it is off, but by clicking on ‘Announce Caller ID’ we can choose to tell us always
Once the Caller ID announcement is activated, when we receive an incoming call, Google’s text-to-speech will tell us the phrase through the mobile speaker or headphones. “incoming voice call from [contacto/número]” next to our ringtone. It will repeat the sentence until the mobile stops ringing.