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AT&T now lets you know why businesses are calling

– Erin Scarborough, AT&T senior vice president of Mass Markets Product Management, February 2025.

You'll also see this message in the call details, and as I mentioned above, there's no extra step for the receiver – just like the verified number badges, it'll show up automatically. So, in theory, you'll know if your pharmacy is calling about a refill or if your bank is reaching out for verification. Seems pretty handy, right?

However, the fact that this feature is currently limited to Android means many AT&T customers in the US (I mean the iPhone crowd) won't get to see the message – though iPhone users should eventually be able to use this feature, too.

Other carriers do have some form of spam and scam protection, too, like AT&T is raising the bar as it's not just any business that can add a reason for calling. The feature is limited to companies in the TransUnion TruContact program, so if a reason shows up, it's likely a legitimate call.

Other carriers do have some form of spam and scam protection, too, like T-Mobile 's Scam Shield app, which can cut down on unidentified calls by showing caller info even if they're not in your contacts. However, with this revision,is raising the bar as it's not just any business that can add a reason for calling. The feature is limited to companies in the TransUnion TruContact program, so if a reason presents up, it's likely a legitimate call. You'll also see this message in the call details, and as I mentioned above, there's no extra step for the receiver – just like the verified number badges, it'll show up automatically. So, in theory, you'll know if your pharmacy is calling about a refill or if your bank is reaching out for verification. Seems pretty handy, right?

Isn't it annoying when you get a call and have no clue if it's a real person or just another robocaller? It's something that a lot of people deal with, constantly being bombarded by calls from random numbers. Well, AT&T has a feature called Branded Call Display that helps you spot robocalls, and it has just made it even better. AT&T customers are getting a handy new feature to help them decide whether to answer calls – now, you'll see exactly why a business is calling you right on the incoming call screen. This is an extension of the Branded Calling feature thatand TransUnion rolled out last year, and for now, it's only available on Android phones The best part? You won't have to download anything extra – the feature is integrated into the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication protocol, which helps identify and block spam [website] this new feature, businesses making calls can now choose to display a message like "Appointment Reminder," "Refill Reminder," "Customer Inquiry," "Delivery Service," and others.

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Google Messages might soon save you from texting regrets

We've probably all been there – sending a text and instantly wishing we could take it back, only to watch it slip away with no way to undo it. Well, that frustrating moment might soon be a thing of the past, at least in Google [website] looks like Google Messages is finally adding a long-overdue feature – letting consumers delete RCS chats for everyone. A teardown of the latest app version (20250131_02_RC00) reveals that soon, consumers will get two choices when deleting a message: "Delete for everyone" and "Delete for [website] now, deleting an RCS chat only removes it from your own device, while the recipient can still see it. But with this revision, you'll be able to erase messages for both parties, much like WhatsApp.However, there's a key difference – Google Messages seems to notify recipients when a sender deletes or even attempts to delete a message. On WhatsApp, recipients can see that a message was deleted, but they don't get a separate notification about it. This could be awkward for anyone who'd prefer a little more [website]'s still unclear exactly when Google will roll out RCS chat deletion, but since the feature is already in the works, it's likely coming soon.

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Pebble founder shares first look at OS running on new hardware

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is planning to create new Pebble hardware and today shares a peek at his progress.

Plans are to build a new watch that largely mirrors the functionality and feature set of its predecessors.

Who doesn’t like a good comeback story? Over a decade ago, Pebble won the hearts of wearable fans with its affordable, long-battery-life smartwatches. But the beloved brand’s time in the spotlight ended all too soon, with the business ultimately closing its doors and being acquired by Fitbit back in 2016. Last week, not only did Pebble find itself back in the spotlight as Google released the PebbleOS source code, encouraging community development, but we heard that Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky was planning to work on new Pebble-inspired hardware. Today we get our first look at how his effort there’s going.

When Google , it was incomplete. Before making it open source, the business had to review it line by line, and remove any proprietary code it couldn’t release. As a result, you couldn’t just download it, compile, and be up and running.

Well, a little over a week later, Migicovsky has managed to do just that, sharing this image of the software running on a development board. Right now, his team is looking to adapt PebbleOS for the modern nRF52840 SoC.

While this is very cool to see, we still don’t know a lot about how this new hardware is going to come together. Migicovsky says that he’s about to fly out to China to start looking into manufacturing options, but cautions fans against getting too excited about the idea of a modernized Pebble, with all the bells and whistles of a Pixel or Apple Watch. Instead, you can look forward to a Pebble that’s “almost exactly as you remember it, except now with open source software that can you can modify and improve yourself.”.

There’s a whole group of ex-Pebble engineers and designers helping out with this project, and you can lend a hand, too. Obviously, coders and testers are encouraged to help with the software, but there’s plenty of room for people with all sorts of talents to help out, like designing icons for apps that didn’t exist back during Pebble’s initial run.

Even with this effort still in its very early stages, how excited are you about getting your hands on a brand-new Pebble? Or have you moved on, and have no plans to abandon your current smartwatch? Share your thoughts down in the comments.

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