If the Automatically screen and decline robocalls setting is on, Google Assistant will answer calls from an unknown number. Robocalls are declined and the Pixel owner won’t even know that there was a call in the first place. If the number doesn’t register as a robocall but is still not on the user’s contacts list, the phone will ring and a transcript of the call will be saved. If a call cannot be screened (and is not on the contacts list), the user will be able to tap a button on the screen to activate Call Screen, which is what Pixel users can currently do to a call from an unknown number.

With the automatic call screening, Google Assistant warns the caller that it is recording the conversation. And users will be able to select which kind of calls will activate automatic screening. Options will include altered numbers, unknown numbers, numbers in Google’s spam database and private or hidden numbers. And Pixel owners will be able to choose from two different Google Assistant voices to answer a call. When the phone is answered, Assistant will say, “Hi, the person you’ve reached is using a screening service from Google, and will get a transcript of this call. Go ahead and say why you’re calling.”