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> I would pay to have a "AT&T Certified" icon on incoming phone calls.

Call verification is already here and rolling out progressively. System is called STIR/SHAKEN. iOS supports it as of 13.something. The UX is terrible though, all you see is a checkmark after the caller in the call log. Android might have a better situation on some phones, this system is carrier dependent. More about it here: https://www.fcc.gov/call-authentication

There are scenarios where it doesn't work. Calls routed through Google Voice to my T-Mobile line will never show this checkmark. Also, not showing it onscreen for unknown incoming calls defeats the purpose, really not sure what Apple was thinking.



I wonder if Twilio will support that. I route my GV to Twilio and then to T-Mobile to run custom logic on incoming phone calls (like filtering out all incoming calls that match the first 6 numbers of my number). Would be nice to passthrough verification.




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