Truecaller now lets you hang up on scammers calling your family
The free Family Protection feature lets a family admin get alerts and end scam calls remotely.
What does it do?
Truecaller rolled out Family Protection worldwide, including India. With it:
- An admin can create a family group of up to five members.
- When a member gets a fraud call, the admin receives an alert.
- The admin can end that call remotely. This works only for members using Android.
The feature is free.
Where did it start?
It launched in December 2025 in Sweden, Chile, Malaysia and Kenya, and is now available globally.
By the numbers
- Truecaller has more than 450 million users.
- Last year it identified more than 7.7 billion fraud calls in India alone.
Who is it for?
People whose parents or older relatives are easy targets for scammers. Chief product officer Kunal Dua called it "a fundamental shift for Truecaller in terms of what we've been focusing on."
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