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Caller ID for business FAQ

Can I keep the caller ID app I already use?

Yes. Nothing here is forced on. Switch on the parts you want and leave the rest to whatever you use today.

Who decides a number is spam?

Other users report it, and you set the bar: a number is marked for you only once that many separate people have reported it.

Could one of my customers get blocked by mistake?

No. Anyone saved as a lead or a client is exempt from screening and rings with their record on screen, whatever the community has reported.

Does it work without internet?

Your own leads and contacts are matched on the phone, so those names show offline. Only the optional lookup of numbers you have never saved needs a connection.

Why do half my incoming calls look like unknown numbers?

Because a business number receives from people who never saved you: enquiries, customers calling back and a steady share of spam, with nothing on screen to separate them. Matching incoming numbers against your own leads is what turns that guesswork into a name, a stage and a last note.

Is there a free caller ID app for business use?

The caller ID that matters most here is free: your own leads showing their name, status and last note when they ring, which is part of the free calling plan. The wider spam database and block list are paid. Consumer caller ID apps are free and tell you nothing about your own customers.

How is a business caller ID different from Truecaller?

A consumer caller ID tells you what strangers have labelled an unknown number. A business one tells you that this is your customer, at what stage, from which source, and what was said last time. The first is useful once; the second changes how the call goes.

Will my customers be blocked as spam by mistake?

No. Anyone in your own leads or contacts is never blocked, whatever a public database says about the number. That rule exists because the alternative, a customer silently unable to reach you, is far more expensive than the occasional spam call getting through.

Does caller ID work without an internet connection?

For your own leads and contacts, yes, because that data is on the handset. Looking up a number nobody in your account has met needs a connection. In practice the calls that matter are the ones that already work offline.

Can I block spam calls for the whole team at once?

Block lists are per account, so adding a number affects everyone rather than each caller repeating the work. Useful when one nuisance caller is working through a team, which happens more than people expect on published business numbers.

Does caller ID show which caller in my team owns this lead?

Yes, where the lead is assigned. An incoming call shows the owner along with the name and status, so whoever picks up knows immediately whether to handle it or pass it on rather than starting from scratch with a customer who has already explained themselves.

Does business caller ID need call log permission?

Yes, along with the phone permission, because reading who is calling and matching it against your leads is the entire function. Those permissions are what let the app be the dialer at all, and any app on this shelf offering the same feature asks for the same ones.

Can I turn caller ID off for personal calls?

It only acts on numbers it recognises from your account, so personal calls already behave normally. There is nothing to turn off for them, and no information about them is added or stored.

Does caller ID work for international numbers?

For your own leads, yes, whatever the country code, because it matches against your records. Spam identification is strongest for Indian numbers, since that is where the reporting volume is, and thinner elsewhere.

Can I undo a block?

Yes. The block list is editable, and a number marked as spam can be unmarked at any time.