How to silence unknown callers on iPhone

You can fight spam by automatically sending unknown numbers right to voicemail. You just want to make sure you have numbers for important places, like your doctor’s office or child’s school, saved to your address book so that you don’t miss them. Once you have, just do this to send all unknown numbers to voicemail.

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Do Not Disturb(DnD) While Driving on iPhone

Do Not Disturb has some variant modes, such as Do Not Disturb During Bedtime in the iOS 12 update. But the most famous is the version introduced in iOS 11 to reduce distractions when driving. It blocks incoming notifications (but you can set an automated reply for selected contacts only along the lines of “I’m driving right now, will get back to you in a bit”) and blocks phone calls too, unless you’ve got a hands-free kit.

  • Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb and then, under Do Not Disturb While Driving, tap Activate.

You’ll see there are three settings: Automatically (which attempts to work out when you’re driving by your motion, and which we wouldn’t recommend, given how many times we’ve seen this activate on trains), When Connected to Car Bluetooth, and Manually. Choose whichever option suits you.

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