Rakuten Viber улучшает идентификацию вызывающего абонента в 97 странах

Rakuten Viber announces the expansion of the Caller ID которая. In addition to identifying a call as potentially safe or unsafe due to spam or fraud, the app will be able to suggest who exactly the unknown number from which the caller is calling belongs to.

The feature works during incoming calls via Rakuten Viber and the mobile network. Currently, the updated feature is available for 10% of users in 97 countries, and by the end of the month, all people in these countries with Rakuten Viber on Android will be able to use it.

How Caller ID works

When was the last time you received a call from an unfamiliar number and ignored it because the caller was not on your contact list? Some calls are time-consuming and risky, such as those from scammers, spammers, and pushy salespeople. There are also calls from unknown callers that you don’t want to miss, such as a call from a courier or store about an order.

With Rakuten Viber’s Caller ID feature, you can find out who is calling you. The username in the prompt is based on the most frequent variant as recorded by other users of the application. After the call ends, the user will be offered other actions: dial the number again, report spam, start a chat, and save the contact.

According to a 2024 Rakuten Viber survey of 70,000 people, 56% do not answer calls from unknown numbers.

“Identifying incoming calls from strangers allows us to give people more control,” says Ofir Eyal, CEO of Rakuten Viber. – “It’s another step we’re taking to help people protect their privacy and save time.

How to enable caller ID

Rakuten Viber users with version 22.7.0 can enable caller identification in the Calls & Messages section of the app’s settings menu (Advanced->Settings->Calls & Messages). Users