Google wants to take AI spam call blocking further this year

Spam calls are one of the biggest things plaguing tech owners, and Google is looking to cure it. According to 9To5Google, Jonathan Eccles stated that Google wants to take its AI spam calling even further this year.

In case you don’t know, Google has a podcast called the Made By Google Podcast. It’s a show where Google execs can discuss what the company is planning on doing and its products. It started with the unveiling of the Pixel 7. If you’re interested, you can check it out.

Google will take its AI call blocking to the next level

One of the reasons that people like to use Pixel phones is the call blocking. Pixel phones are great when it comes to filtering spam calls and silencing ones it’s iffy on. Along with that, there’s the call screening feature. This will have the Assistant pick up the phone for you and it will dictate what the caller says in real-time.

For as effective as Google’s efforts are on this front, the company wants to take this even further. During the podcast episode, Eccles talked about what the company wants to do as far as spam calls are concerned. Google wants a “future where you should never ever, ever be annoyed at the thought of your phone ringing.”

It seems that Google might implement Bard or its Large Language Model into its call blocking. During the podcast, Eccles mentioned that “multi-step, multi-turn conversational AI could open a lot of interesting doors in terms of creating this protective and helpful layer at the front of every incoming call.”

At this point, we’re unsure what the company is planning on doing, but anything sort of improvement is welcome. Millions of spam calls are sent out on the daily, and it’s a huge headache. They slow down productivity, offer scams, and generally annoy people. Hopefully, Google will bring some useful changes.