Apple Releases iOS 26.6 With Handy Feature If You Get a Lot of Spam Calls
Did you know that there’s a maximum number of contacts you can block on your iPhone? On Monday, Apple officially released iOS 26.6 for iPhone users, which quietly adds a helpful feature: letting you know when you’ve reached your blocked contacts limit.Though the block cap has always existed, iOS 26.6 will tell you when you’ve hit that limit, 9toMac notes. Apple has not revealed the exact number that triggers it; reports range from 8,000 to 20,000, though, so it seems like you'd have to be a pretty prolific blocker to hit the limit.MacRumors first spotted this in iOS 26.6 beta 1 back in May.
- ▪Did you know that there’s a maximum number of contacts you can block on your iPhone?
- ▪On Monday, Apple officially released iOS 26.6 for iPhone users, which quietly adds a helpful feature: letting you know when you’ve reached your blocked contacts limit.Though the block cap has always existed, iOS 26.6 will tell you when you’
- ▪Apple has not revealed the exact number that triggers it; reports range from 8,000 to 20,000, though, so it seems like you'd have to be a pretty prolific blocker to hit the limit.MacRumors first spotted this in iOS 26.6 beta 1 back in May.
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Did you know that there’s a maximum number of contacts you can block on your iPhone? On Monday, Apple officially released iOS 26.6 for iPhone users, which quietly adds a helpful feature: letting you know when you’ve reached your blocked contacts limit.Though the block cap has always existed, iOS 26.6 will tell you when you’ve hit that limit, 9toMac notes. Apple has not revealed the exact number that triggers it; reports range from 8,000 to 20,000, though, so it seems like you'd have to be a pretty prolific blocker to hit the limit.MacRumors first spotted this in iOS 26.6 beta 1 back in May. According to the Apple code, the alert reads, “Blocked Contacts Limit Reached: You’ve reached the maximum number of blocked contacts.
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