Auto-Answer Calls on Android and iPhone: A Step-by-Step Guide

Auto-answer calls allow users to receive incoming calls automatically after a set amount of time. You don’t have to manually press the “answer” button after each person calls you-the phone automatically picks up the call based on your saved settings.

It benefits individuals equipped with multi-tasking when their hands are busy, and answering calls promptly is crucial. Call center agents use this feature to begin the conversation with customers immediately and increase response time.

Auto-answer calls improve communication speed, minimize missed calls, and provide instant connectivity for business.

• Hands-Free Operations: Enabling auto-answer calls on your device automatically answers your call without requiring you to touch the screen or use your hands. It is ideal while your hands are occupied with other tasks.
• Improved Response Time: Businesses use auto-answering calls to ensure every incoming call is answered promptly, reducing wait time and improving customer satisfaction.
• Minimize Missed Calls: Once a call comes in, the auto-answer call automatically picks up the call if you cannot reach the phone on time, which reduces the chance of missing calls.

Auto-answer calls might lead to unwanted call pickups, lack of control over calls, raise privacy concerns leading to spam or phishing attempts, and background noise affecting call quality.

• Unwanted Call Pickups: Auto-answering to all incoming calls means your phone picks up every incoming call, including spam and telemarketing.
• Lack of Control: If you set each call as an auto-answer, you lose control to screen the call and decide wether to pick up the call or not based on the caller and situation.
• Privacy Concern: If your phone auto-answers a call when you are in a private or noisy environment, sensitive conversation or background noise may be overheard.

To enable auto-answer calls on your iPhone, follow the given steps:

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch.
2. Tap on Call Audio Routing.
3. Select Auto-Answer Calls.
4. Toggle on Auto-Answer Calls.
5. Set a delay for auto-answering a call.

If you only want some personal or important call to auto-answer on your iPhone. You can even turn on auto-answer calls for one person only. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch.
2. Click on Call Audio Routing.
3. Turn on Auto-Answer Calls and go back to Settings.
4. Navigate and click on Focus.
5. Choose an existing Focus (e.g., Work) or create a new one.
6. Select People under Allowed Notifications.
7. Tap the "+" icon to add the contact whom you want auto-answer.
8. Click on Done to save the changes and return back to Focus.
9. Select your active Focus mode, and exist.

Now, only calls from the contact you specified will be auto-answered. All other calls will ring usually. Remember to activate your custom Focus mode whenever you want this selective auto-answer feature to be active.

To turn off auto-answer calls on your iPhone, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on Accessibility.
3. Find and tap on Call Audio Routing.
4. Select Auto-Answer Calls from the options.
5. Disable auto-answer calls by turning it off.

Android phones have built-in auto-answer call features, but the steps to enable it vary depending on the manufacturer and Android version. On Samsung devices, you can activate it through the Accessibility settings, while on other devices, it may be found in the Call settings or Phone app settings.
 

Methods 1: Using Phone App Settings

Follow the given steps to enable auto-answer calls in the phone settings:

1. Open the Phone app on your device.
2. Tap on the three-dot (menu) icon at the top-right corner.
3. Go to Settings > Calling Accounts or Call Settings.
4. Click on Auto-answer.
5. Enable Auto-answer.
6. choose the desired call duration settings.
    

Method 2: Using Mobile Settings

Follow the given steps to enable auto-answer calls through Accessibility Settings:

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
2. Tap on Interaction and Dexterity.
3. Select Answering and Ending Calls.
4. Toggle on auto-answer.
5. Set a delay time before the call is answered automatically.

Unfortunately, most Android phones don't natively support auto-answers for specific contacts. So, you must integrate a third-party app to pick up the call automatically. MacroDroid is the most popular app for this purpose, as it allows you to auto-answer calls from specific contacts on your phone.

You can install the app from the Play Store and follow the following steps to enable auto-answer feature on Android Phone:

1. Open MacroDroid on your phone.
2. Tap Add Macro to create a new macro.
3. Click on Add Trigger.
4. Select Phone Call > Incoming Call.
5. Select Call From Specific Contact and choose Contact.
6. Tap Add Action and select Answer Call.
7. Save and Activate.

You can turn off the auto-answer call feature on an Android phone by following these steps:

1. Go to "Settings" on your Android device.
2. Select "Accessibility".
3. Tap on Interaction and Dexterity.
4. select "Answering and Ending Calls.”
5. Turn off the auto-answer calls.

Auto-answering calls offer a hands-free experience, reduce missed calls, and improves agent productivity. However, accidental call pickups might raise privacy concerns, so adjust the settings to suit your specific needs and preferences. The Auto-Answers feature can be easily enabled and disabled on iPhone and Android devices in under a minute.
 

Auto Answer in a call setting is a feature that automatically picks up incoming calls after a set delay without out need for any physical movement.

To turn on auto-answer calls:

• iPhone: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Call Audio Routing > enable Auto-Answer Calls.
• Android: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Interaction and Dexterity > Answering and Ending Calls > Set up auto-answer. Some Android phones use the Phone app directly: Open the Phone app > Settings > Call settings > Auto-Answer, and then turn it on.

iPhone users can use the "Focus" feature for contact-specific auto-answer options - it means you turn on auto-answer calls for one person. However, Android devices must use third-party apps like MacroDroid or Auto Answer and Callback to auto-answer specific contacts.