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What we often forget about, though, is the “phone” part of smartphone.

And the unit makers themselves are just as guilty of that as the rest of us.

Call recording feature on an iphone 15 Pro running ios 18.1

All Apple has to do is look at how the latestGooglePixel phones handle phone calls for a little inspiration.

Who’s calling, yo?

So naturally, you never pick up your phone.

A phone call on an iphone 12, running iOS 18.1, with the call record feature available

The iPhone’s Live Voicemail feature can fill that purpose to some extent.

Let’s go back to the scenario where my parents are calling in.

Apple Intelligence could adopt a similar feature to the Pixel’s ability to confirm appointments or acknowledge information.

Google Pixel 8 shown held in hand

How great it would be if it can do that in an intelligent way.

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