iOS 18 to bring Truecaller’s Live Caller ID feature to iPhones- All details

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Tired of asking Siri about who's calling on? Now the hassle will end as Truecaller will finally work on iPhones. Truecaller confirmed that its Live Caller ID feature will be available for iPhone users in the upcoming iOS 18 update, enabling users to know who's calling in an effortless way. Over the years, Truecaller functionalities for iPhones were quite complicated and time-consuming, now with the new update iPhone users can easily get access to the Live Caller ID.

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Truecaller CEO Alan Mamedi shared an X post confirming that the app's Live Caller ID feature will finally work on iPhones. As Apple is expected to roll out the iOS 18 update this coming Monday, the Live Caller ID feature is expected to start working on iPhones with the need for users to ask Siri who's calling.

 Mamedi on X wrote, “From the iOS 18 feature release documentation :) Soon we will hopefully hear people say "Truecaller finally works on iPhone". Even though it has worked fairly OK in the last 2 years, this time it will be just like you would expect Truecaller to work, end to end.” The post was also accompanied by a screenshot of iOS 18 documentation that revealed the “Live Caller ID lookup feature”  for iPhones. 

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Over the years, Truecaller has faced severe criticism over privacy with allegations of collecting user data without consent. However, the company denied all the claims of any misconduct. On the other hand, the Apple iOS ecosystem restricted several apps including Truecaller to effortlessly working on their devices. Now, after 2 years of hassle, Truecaller will finally work on iPhones. 

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The Truecaller Live Caller ID feature enables users to identify unknown callers and get information about callers'