When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls to your iPhone, and it can screen texts from unknown senders to keep your inbox spam free.

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that on both iPhone and Android.

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A TikTok user is drawing plenty of praise after sharing how to find an iPhone setting to block unknown numbers. The tip comes from a popular account called Tech Social 101 (@mytechsocial101), which ...