Popular caller ID app Truecaller has long left iPhone users at a disadvantage by not offering the caller information in real time — a feature its Android users have enjoyed for a while. Today that changes as the company is rolling out an update that brings real-time caller ID support to its iOS subscribers.

Truecaller is rolling out a big upgrade for the iPhone app, support for real-time caller ID - here's how it works and what it costs.

Popular caller ID app Truecaller is rolling out an update that brings real-time caller ID support to its iOS subscribers. Apple introduced

Truecaller releases a significant update for iPhone, enhancing caller identification and spam blocking features with advanced AI tools and a Premium Family Plan.

Among Android users, Truecaller is a widely used app. But the app hasn't made much sense on iOS. This is due to the fact that Truecaller's most important feature—the live caller ID—was never accessible on iPhones.

OS 18.2’s Live Caller ID Lookup API empowers apps like Truecaller to enhance spam detection and blocking in real-time, bringing iPhones closer to Android’s efficiency in combating unwanted calls.

Truecaller, a caller identification (ID) and spam-blocking app, has introduced a real-time caller ID feature for iPhone users.

Truecaller, a widely-used app among Android users, has historically had limited appeal on iOS due to the absence of one critical feature: Live Caller ID. While iPhone users could search for numbers within the app after receiving a call,

The Live Caller ID Lookup framework with iOS 18.2 enables apps such as Truecaller to help users combat spam calls, as homomorphic encryption preserves a user’s identity in the process of call identification.