Possibly try "Yet Another Call Blocker", though I believe I had to install it using fdroid.
I first found it when I had a day of 1 spam call with the first digits matching my own number every few minutes.
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
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Its database is out of date and not blocking any spam calls at all. ๐
have you enabled automatic updates in the app settings? because so far it's been working great for me.
Ah I used it more for building my own blocklists so hadn't looked for that. Sorry that I can't help more
Around where I live everyone uses TrueCaller. Absolute ad-ridden garbage though. I am using the Google dialer at the moment. Hoping there are some good ones in here.
The built-in one works very well for me.
Which built-in spam blocker?
Pixel phones have built in spam blocking on phone calls and messages.
Wait, that's Pixel-specific and not Android default functionality?
I think it is on android in the 'phone' app, but many other manufacturers have their own default apps, so it's not as common for them to use it. Also, I think it was exclusive for a while since only pixels had Android 12 when the feature came out. I think now anyone can use it but I have a pixel and can't really confirm that.
Nophonespam, old, ugly, but does the job