Facebook is reportedly set to launch a dialer on its Android app called “Phone.” The feature is set to be a caller id of sorts that not only shows info on the person calling, but automatically blocks blacklisted numbers as well.
Facebook describes Phone as a “new app that shows you info about who’s calling and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers.” The update is titled “Try Phone [FB-ONLY].” In other words, this feature was meant to be tested internally by Facebook’s employees, but the update seems to have shown up on a handful of Facebook Android users.
The app would rival the likes of Truecaller which offers a caller ID, reverse-lookup feature and also has a phone dialler app. Facebook already has a database of its users phone numbers so it won’t be difficult to collect the information.
