There are many options that we have available on smartphones to make life easier, some of them based on tools that the system already brings and others that we get with the help of applications. There are few advanced options around calls that manage to improve something so basic, but nevertheless there is a function that goes unnoticed and can come in handy in countless situations.
This great advantage is about the possibility that our mobile phone enjoys to tell us by voice the contact or the number that is calling us. In this way, we do not have to personally consult the screen, stop paying attention to the wheel, the saucepan or even stop working to waste time looking at the smartphone. Just by listening, we will know if it is a call that we have to answer or, however, we can let it continue ringing.
Google tells you who is calling you
To benefit from this option on Android smartphones we just have to follow a series of quick steps that does not have the slightest complication. For this we have to have a smartphone with Android Stock, Xiaomi, Motorola or that uses the Google Phone app to be able to execute all the steps of the process. What we must do is the following:
- We enter the Telephone application as if we were going to make a call.
- We touch on the three points in the upper right corner.
- We access your Settings.
- Among all the available options, we choose “Caller ID Announcement”.
- We tap on the only option that appears and choose our preference:
- Always: through the internal mobile phone, you will say the contact or number that is calling us.
- Only when using headphones: whether they are counted via cable or via Bluetooth, it will tell us through them who is in contact with us.
- Never: under no circumstances will you tell us by voice who is calling us.
Now every time someone calls us on the phone we will be able to know instantly who is calling us just by paying some attention. So that we can listen to it without problems, the system will lower the volume of the preset ringtone, giving more value to the voice that the contact tells us.
How to activate the announcement of calls in the iPhone
In the same way that we have seen it in Android smartphones, in iOS we can also do it without the need for complications. A similar process, which begins in this case within your System Settings, then tapping on Phone. Once inside we will come across the option “Announce calls” that will allow us to choose between four options:
- Always.
- Headphones and car.
- Headphones only.
- Never.
Deciding when we want the assistant himself, Siri to tell us the contact or phone number that is calling us.
Can it be done on other mobiles?
We have already been able to verify that this is possible on smartphones with Android Stock and that it is also possible on iPhones. However, the rest of users with Android terminals that use customization layers or do not have the necessary app may be wondering about this possibility. First of all, we must know that this advantage of identifying the person with the sound is also integrated into Samsung through One UI, another model with which the process will be simple.
Therefore, if you have any Samsung smartphone, you will only have to access its telephone dialer, then touch on the three points and select settings. We enter the menu called “Answers and end of calls” and then activate the function read names aloud. With that we will have completed the process without having to do what we will see on other Android phones.
The rest of users who have all other mobile phones will also be able to use this technology since the phone application developed by Google is available for any Android. You just need to download it from Google Play with the following button what we share, to enter it and choose them as the default option.
We cannot forget to follow the process that we mentioned at the beginning and thereby ensure that you enjoy the advantage of knowing at all times who is making the phone ring through sound.
An option designed for accessibility
This function, which was originally developed with the intention of making life easier for people who have vision difficulties among many others, can be very useful for them and we do not want to lose the possibility of you making it known to them. Whether they are old or young, it is a tool that makes a difference and, as we have seen, is accessible by any smartphone. Obviously it is also an extra point that offers advantages to those who have their hands full, making technology continue to help us on a day-to-day basis.
Another alternative: change the ringtone for contacts
If that method does not finish convincing us for our own reasons, among which it may be that the rest of the people around us do not know who is calling us, there is a very useful alternative available on all smartphones, choosing another ringtone. Although the easiest thing is to use the same sound for all the people, whether we know them or not, we can decide which sound is the one that is going to be reproduced with each of the people. This process consists of the following steps:
- We enter the contacts application and choose one of the contacts.
- Click on the contact options.
- We touched on “Set tone”.
- We choose the sound or tone app that we want.
- Finally we play on the desired sound.
Now every time that person calls us on the phone we will be able to recognize them without saying the contact name, just with the different sound that is going to be used. The only drawback is that we are going to have to change it with each of the contacts we have, a process that involves a lot of work and that forces us to dedicate time to it. That is why we can make the change only with our favorites, to speed it up.
