Truecaller with real-time Caller ID launches for Windows Phone 8.1

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Truecaller, which allows smartphone owners to see who is calling them, has been available for Windows Phone owners for some time. Today, a new update for the app has been released specifically for Windows Telephone 8.1 users that adds existent-time Caller ID features.

Truecaller claims they have the first Windows Phone app that provides live Caller ID features. It states, "Now, when Truecaller users are using a 3G or WiFi connection, live Caller ID will place numbers from all over the world, even if it is beyond what is written in the user's contact books. Not only volition Truecaller evidence the names of incoming calls that are not in your phonebook, but information technology volition as well notify you if one of those calls is a spam telephone call reported by the 85-meg user Truecaller Community."

Truecaller worked in partnership with Microsoft to add together this new feature in their app. The company quotes Mikael Stendahl, Head of Partner and Developer Relations at Microsoft, every bit saying:

"Nosotros are very happy to be able to support Truecaller in bringing this great functionality globally to Windows Phone for the first time. Our partnership goes dorsum several years and we have seen that Truecaller is a very defended company focused on delivering a bully service for its users."

Windows Phone Lumia users who update the Truecaller app to the new 4.2 version by October xxx will also become 30 days of free Premium access.

Please annotation that it does crave Windows Phone 8.1 to work, and it may be simply for Lumia devices every bit it also needs the Network+ update.