iOS 26 Call Screening not working

I’m trying to use the new Call Screening feature in iOS 26 but it doesn’t activate. I’m in Mexico, my phone language is set to Spanish (Mexico), region is Mexico, Apple Intelligence is on, Siri is on and it's language is set to Spanish (Mexico), and I’ve enabled the call screening option that asks the caller to state a reason for the call.

When I receive calls from unknown numbers it just rings normally without screening. I’ve restarted the phone and checked settings several times.

Apple’s feature availability page says Call Screening is available in Mexico, so I’m not sure what I’m missing.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 16, 2025 2:38 PM

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ola100

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8 points

Posted on Oct 14, 2025 5:26 PM

Me too — ‘Ask Reason for Calling’ doesn’t work on iOS 26 when Low Power Mode is on. It works fine once I turn Low Power Mode off.

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Oct 10, 2025 1:54 AM in response to J_S3

I am using 16 pro max.

Version- 26.0.1

Unknown callers are not getting screened for me too. On my wife’s phone , her having the same model , it is working pretty well

DJ-R

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26 points

Oct 12, 2025 7:07 AM in response to kumudjain31

Same thing here for Canada. 16 Pro Max on 26.0.1 call screening isn’t working.

Dec 8, 2025 2:28 PM in response to J_S3

This doesn’t work. The robo caller just starts leaving their message and Siri thinks they’re responding so it lets it go through to voicemail and doesn’t completely block the caller as spam.

iOS 26 Call Screening not working