Too many calls from telemarketers and other nuisance callers on your smartphone? Here are apps and settings to help you identify and block those calls and texts.

Unwanted calls are often harmless but some are after your credit card information, IDs or passwords. All are a distraction and a waste of your time.

Spam and scam calls are a nuisance, but there are ways to reduce the amount of unwanted calls you get without ignoring every unknown number forever.

Android's Blocking mode lets you prevent all calls from getting through or choose which contacts to receive calls from. To access Blocking mode, go to the home screen and press the main menu button.

You can block a phone number or contact on Android from the Phone app, your contacts list, recent calls log, and more. Here's how to do it.

Recent commits point to preemptive call-blocking possibly featured in Android P. A Sony engineer created the commits, which have not yet merged with AOSP. Speculation suggests the first Android P ...

Major carriers and app developers are ramping up their tactics for tackling robocalls on the iPhone and Android devices.

It's worth noting that this preventive call blocking would be automatically disabled when a user makes an emergency call, which would allow emergency responders to contact the user in distress.

Robocalls are at epidemic levels. Here's some ways to get a handle on them in the new year. And one way to stop them cold.

Too many calls from telemarketers and other nuisance callers on your smartphone? Here are apps and settings to help you identify and block those calls and texts.