Truecaller is a comprehensive mobile application designed to enhance your calling and messaging experience by providing robust caller identification, effective spam and scam call blocking, call recording, and smart message management. It gives users more control and information over their communications.
The application identifies unknown callers and helps protect users from unwanted disturbances such as robocalls, telemarketers, fraudsters, and other spam or scam attempts. This protection is partly powered by a community-based spam list that is updated in real-time by millions of users worldwide. Users can also utilize a reverse number lookup feature to search for information on unknown numbers.
Key features offered by Truecaller include:
- Caller Identification and Spam Blocking:
- Automatically identifies most incoming callers, even those not in your contacts.
- Filters and blocks spam calls, scam calls, robocalls, telemarketers, and other unwanted phone numbers before you answer.
- Offers an advanced scam shield with options to block callers from specific countries, number sequences, unknown or no Caller ID numbers.
- Call Recording:
- Records incoming and outgoing calls.
- Provides auto-generated call subjects for easier organization of recordings.
- Offers instant call summaries with contact information and recaps of recordings.
- Features AI-powered transcriptions for written and searchable call transcripts.
- Enhanced Calling Features:
- Video Caller ID allows you to set a short video that plays automatically when you call friends and family who also use Truecaller.
- Voice Calling enables free voice calls with other Truecaller users.
- Smart Messaging:
- Automatically identifies unknown SMS senders.
- Automatically blocks spam and telemarketing SMS messages.
- Organizes SMS into categories like Personal, Other, and Spam.
- Allows blacklisting of unwanted SMS senders.
- Includes SMS and message translation, auto-detecting foreign languages and offering one-tap translation.
- Backup and Management:
- Ability to set Truecaller as your default calling app to manage all calls and display Caller ID.
- Back up call history, call logs, contacts, messages, block list, and settings to Google Drive.
Truecaller functions as an all-in-one communication hub, striving to provide a safer, more informed, and organized calling and messaging environment on your mobile device.