Truecaller Returns to iPhone with Full Features After Two-Year Absence

Truecaller Returns to iPhone with Full Features After Two-Year Absence

For years, the features of Truecaller on iPhone lagged behind its Android counterpart. One of the major drawbacks was the lack of real-time caller identification on iOS. Users had to manually open the app and search for the number to know who was calling them. However, that is now a thing of the past.

Alan Mamedi, co-founder and CEO of Truecaller, announced that with the upcoming iOS 18 upgrade, the app will finally function as intended on iPhones.

In a post on X, Mamedi said, "When iOS 18 is released, we hope users will say, ‘Truecaller finally works on iPhone.’ While it worked relatively well over the past two years, this time we expect Truecaller to operate with full features from start to finish."

Last year, Truecaller introduced an update aimed at improving its performance on iPhones. However, it required an extra step, where users had to interact with Siri to identify the caller.

Recently, Apple updated its iOS 18 feature policy, which now allows developers like Truecaller to retrieve information from their servers and provide direct caller identification for incoming calls while maintaining privacy, according to Mashable.

Privacy concerns have long been associated with Truecaller, especially following an investigation by The Caravan magazine in 2022, which claimed that the app collected data without user consent. Truecaller refuted these allegations, stating that the investigation was flawed and based on inaccurate information, and firmly denied any wrongdoing.

Truecaller faced functionality limitations on iPhones due to Apple's stringent privacy and security regulations on the iOS operating system.

These restrictions hindered third-party apps like Truecaller from interacting with incoming calls and SMS in real-time. Unlike Android, iOS doesn’t allow apps to access the call log, limiting Truecaller’s ability to automatically identify and flag spam calls.