Verizon's free answer to the robocall plague has arrived. After promising that it would roll out the features earlier this week, the company fulfilled that pledge with Call Filter, a free version of ...

Spam callers are always using every trick at their disposal to get you to answer their phone calls. Often, spam phone calls, such as the dreaded extended warranty call, come across the caller ID on ...

Robocalls are annoying as hell, and it seems the problem is only getting worse. But if you’re on Verizon, you may have a new way to block them with the company’s Call Filter app, which recently became ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. In recent years, as the number of spam and robocalls have flooded my phone lines, I started to notice a ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Verizon’s free spam and robocall filtering service is here. Starting today, Verizon customers will begin to ...

A little over a year ago, Verizon rolled out a spam call filter service within its paid Call Filter upgrade. Today, the company announced that the Verizon spam call filter will soon be available to ...

Verizon, one of the four major cellular carriers in the United States, today announced the launch of a new free version of its Call Filter service that will identify, filter, and block incoming spam ...

Verizon wants to help curb those obnoxious “spoofing” calls from similar area codes to your own with a new tool called Neighborhood Filter. Spoofing is the method used by spammers to make a number ...

Spoofed scam calls are bad enough, but neighborhood spoofing is worse — it can all be too tempting to answer when you see a number eerily similar to your own. Verizon (currently Engadget's parent ...

Verizon is out with an update for its Call Filter and Call Filter Plus system that automatically labels and fights spam/robocalls and spam texts. The carrier’s customers are starting to see category ...

Carriers have been in a push lately for anti-spam services. Today, Verizon is launching a big expansion of its free Call Filter service which will automatically enroll “eligible” Android users.

The carrier this week started rolling out a free version of its Call Filter spam detection and blocking service and deploying STIR/SHAKEN caller ID technology. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...