Samsung’s One UI 8.5 to Gain Automatic Call Screening, โMirroring Pixel Feature
Samsung is preparing to โคadd โฃautomatic call screening to its One UI 8.5 software, a feature currently popularized by Google’sโ pixel phones. Currently, Samsung’s Bixby Textโ call โallows usersโ to manually โฃrequest a caller’s intent via an AI assistant before answering, workingโข for all incoming calls. โTheโ new functionality will proactively detect and answer possiblyโ suspicious calls, displaying a text transcript of the โconversation to the userโ without requiring them to press a button.
Unlikeโ Pixel’s automatic screening – limited to the US and focused on suspected spam,โ spoofed numbers, or first-time callers – Samsung’s versionโข appears broader, though โdetails on specific triggers haven’t been released. The manual Bixby Text Call option will remain โavailable for users who preferโ it.
Code discovered inโฃ the One โUI 8.5 leak indicates the โAIโฃ assistant could automatically answer โคcalls when Do Not Disturb mode is enabled and includes a language-selectionโ option for the โคscreening process. while the markets receiving the feature areโฃ currently unconfirmed,โ Samsung’s rolloutโข patternsโ suggest a โคpotential โglobal launch, at least โขinitially in English.
This feature is based on code analysis from an APK teardown, meaning its final implementation and release are not guaranteed.