Let’s face it, there are some people we wish would stop calling or texting us, and if you own a Nokia Lumia device, the upcoming Amber update for your phone will be bringing call and SMS filtering, which seems to corroborate an earlier sighting which suggested that the feature could be introduced in the Windows Phone GDR2 update. It is unclear if other Windows Phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Huawei, and HTC will introduce this feature as well, but Nokia has detailed it via their Conversations blog.
As the name of the feature would suggest, it would allow you to add phone numbers/contacts to a blacklist after which future phone calls or text messages from that person will no longer make its way onto your device. According to Nokia, this update will arrive for the Lumia 625, Lumia 925, and Lumia 1020 for now, but “everyone else will get it soon”. Call and SMS filtering/blocking isn’t exactly new, but we guess Windows Phone users will probably appreciate the feature nonetheless. Better late than never, right?
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