WhatsApp has implemented a new privacy feature on its messaging service that allows you to silence calls from unknown numbers, usually linked to commercial calls or scam attempts.
This function is not enabled by default, but the user has to decide whether to silence calls from unknown numbers, for which he only needs to go to the privacy configuration options.
In this section, the user will see that the ‘Calls’ option has been added. If you click on it, a window with a switch will appear. When this is activated, as the company explains, calls from unknown numbers will be silenced, meaning they won’t ring.
But these types of calls will continue to appear in the calls tab and notifications, so that the user can know that he received a call from a number not registered in the phone book as a missed call.
Google’s Call app also has a similar move, which prevents the user from calling a number it detects as potential ‘spam’, although it can be found later in the calls list.
In iOS, for its part, there is also an option to silence calls from unknown numbers, which are automatically sent to voicemail and recorded in the recent list.
