Only allow calls and texts from your phone contacts on Google Fi

When you turn on “Only allow calls and texts from phone contacts”:

• Only numbers in your contacts can call or text you.
• You can still make outbound calls or texts to anyone you want, and they can call or text you back.

When you turn this setting on, calls from numbers not in your contact list go straight to voicemail and texts are blocked. The contact list syncs to Google Contacts to ensure it’s up to date.

Important: “Only receive calls and texts from your phone contacts” isn’t available for your iPhone or iPad. However, if you’re a plan owner with an iPhone or iPad, you can request that members with Android devices turn on “Only allow calls and texts from your phone contacts. Learn more about family settings. 

For more information about how to silence unknown callers, check the Apple Support website.

Request that a plan member turns on or off “Only allow calls and texts from your phone contacts”

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Fi app .
2. On the left, under “Account,” tap the member’s name.
3. Turn Only allow calls and texts from your phone contacts on or off. The member gets a notification on their phone to turn the feature on or off.

Find information about blocked contacts

You can find information about the number of attempted contacts blocked in the last 60 days. Plan owners can find the number of blocked contacts for plan members.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Fi app .
2. Tap Privacy & security.
3. If you have a group plan, tap the member you want to find information about.
4. Under “Families,” tap Edit Family settings. 
5. Find the number of phone contacts and blocked numbers for the last 60 days.

Tips:

• You can turn on this feature of users you manage in your group plan. Learn more about family settings.
• To make sure that you don’t miss callbacks, numbers you contact via call or text can reply back for a month. If you intend to keep in contact long term, add them to your contact list.
• Text messages from short-codes are automatically allowed so you don’t miss important texts from 2-factor authentication for institutions like banks.