With iOS 27.2 one finally arrives in Italy too function for iPhone that allows you to filter spam calls and to do it quite intelligently. We are talking about the called function “Ask the reason for the call”presented by Apple at WWDC 2025 together with iOS 26, but initially not available in all countries and all languages. Only now, with iOS 27.2 still in beta (a trial version distributed before the final release), the option also appears on iPhones configured in Italian. This suggests that as soon as the new update is released to everyone, it will finally be possible to enjoy the new function which, essentially, filters unknown numbers by asking whoever is calling the reason for the call and doing so before the phone rings, thus putting us in a position to understand if it is a spam call before even answering. Let’s see in more detail how the new iPhone anti-spam system works and how to activate it once iOS 27.2 is released in its stable version.
How the new iPhone anti-spam filter works
The how the “Ask why I’m calling” setting works it is, conceptually, really simple. The option, if activated on your iPhone, comes into action when an incoming call comes from a hidden number or a phone call from a number that is not stored in the iOS Contacts app. When this condition occurs, the iPhone asks the caller to identify themselves and explain the reason for the call (this is where the name of the feature comes from). This means that to find out if a call is potentially spam you don’t have to answer it and grope in the dark: you can determine it from the transcript shown by the iPhone.
The response provided by the other person is then transcribed and shown on the iPhone’s display. Meanwhile, the call remains active. This puts the user who receives the alleged spam phone call to read what the system transcribed and decide what to do. You can accept the call, reject it or ask the caller for further information. This last possibility is particularly interesting because you can write a message directly on the screen and let the iPhone read it aloud during the call. This way you can continue to interact with the caller without having to speak to them and without using your voice during the interaction. This last detail is particularly useful for preventing all those scams which, by exploiting artificial intelligence, clone a person’s voice and then use it to their detriment.
The system uses technology already used by Live secretarywhile theInformation processing occurs locallydirectly on the iPhone, without going through external servers. When you decide not to accept the call, the person on the other end of the receiver can possibly leave a voice message, although this may depend on how you have decided to configure your answering machine.
When the function arrives in Italy and how to activate it
Now there is a knot to untie and that is when the function arrives. Or rather, when iOS 27.2 will be available for everyonewhich is currently only available in beta. According to some rumors, the update should be released at October 2026therefore within the next month, but it cannot be ruled out that this could actually reach December 2026. Why might this last hypothesis be more plausible? Because all versions “.2” of the past iOS updates were released during the last month of the year. If we take the last five years as a reference, we see that iOS 26.2 was released on December 12, 2025; iOS 18.2 was released onDecember 11, 2024, iOS 17.2 was released onDecember 11, 2023, iOS 16.2 was released on December 13, 2022While iOS 15.2 was released on December 13, 2021.
In any case, as soon as iOS 27.2 is available and you install it on your iPhone, you can then activate the anti-spam filter that we told you about in this article in a very simple way. Just follow the following steps.
- Open the app Settings on iPhone.
- Scroll down the screen and tap the entry App.
- Touch the voice Telephone.
- Scroll through the new screen that opens until you reach the section Filter unknown numbers.
- Choose the option Ask the reason for the call.
We conclude by talking about some limits of this functionlimits that the Cupertino company itself has put in black and white on this information page. Apple, in fact, specifies:
If you are roaming, phone calls are not identified, regardless of your settings. If you call emergency services, the call identification feature is deactivated for 24 hours.
