Set caller and privacy preferences - Google Fiber Help [gg-fiber-en]

Set caller and privacy preferences

Google Fiber Phone lets you specify the types of incoming calls you'll accept and when you'll accept them. For example, you can schedule days and times you want to receive calls, silence your phone completely, or forward incoming calls to another number.

Specify calls you'll accept

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone at the top-left corner. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. In the Calls & Call Forwarding section, select the type of incoming calls you'll accept on your phone.

   • Everyone. All calls ring on your phone.

   • Only People with Caller ID Enabled. Only calls that display caller ID information.

   • Only my Contacts. People in your Contacts list from gmail or Hangouts.

   • My Starred Contacts. People you have starred in your Contacts list from gmail or the Hangouts app.

Set Caller ID options

You can set caller ID options for both incoming and outgoing calls. Incoming options are set on the Phone settings page in your Fiber account, and outgoing options are set in Google Voice, which you can access on the Phone settings page in your Fiber account.

Incoming caller ID options

On incoming calls, the Caller ID with name option displays names from your Google Contacts and Google Maps (in addition to the telephone number). This option is enabled by default, and can be disabled on the Phone settings page.

To disable or enable caller ID with name:

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone from the navigation menu at the left. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. On the Phone settings page, click Caller ID; then click the checkbox to either enable or disable Caller ID with name.

   

​Outgoing caller ID options

When you make a call from your Google Fiber Phone number, the receiving device displays your number and any stored information associated with it, for example your name. If the receiving device does not contain any stored information about your number, only your phone number is displayed.

While there isn't a setting to automatically suppress information from all outbound calls, you can do so for each individual call you make. To suppress your information so, press *67 before dialing an outbound number.

Turn Do Not Disturb on or off

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone at the top-left corner. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. In the Do Not Disturb section, select On to silence your phone. The default setting is Off.

Set a ring schedule

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone at the top-left corner. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. In the Ring Schedule section, select a setting for when you want your phone to ring.
   • Weekdays. Always ring, Never ring, Use a custom schedule.
   • Weekends. Always ring, Never ring, Use a custom schedule.
   If options aren't readily selectable in this section, you might've set a ring schedule in Google Voice prior to subscribing to Google Fiber Phone. Click Reset Settings in the alert box to remove the previously selected settings and then choose a new ring schedule option.
4. To set a custom schedule, click Add Another Time; then specify the hours you want your phone to ring. 

Change the ringtone

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone at the top-left corner. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. In the Ringtone section, choose a ringtone setting from the drop-down menu.

Change your default outgoing number

If you've shared your Google Fiber Phone service and have more than one phone number on your account, you can set another number on the account as the default outgoing number.

1. Sign in to Fiber using the email and password you use for your Fiber account.

2. Select Phone at the top-left corner. (Selections are displayed without a navigation menu if your browser window is enlarged.)

3. In the Google Fiber Phone Users area, click Edit next to the line you want to make the default outgoing number.

   

4. In the Edit Google Fiber Phone users dialog, choose Default from the Line drop-down associated with the number you want to set as the Default outgoing phone number.

   

5. Click Save to change the default outgoing line number.

   

All phone numbers on your Google Fiber Phone account retain any phone preferences you selected when you or another user set up the number. When you change the default outgoing line, be sure to check and adjust any settings you want associated with the new default number.

Block unwanted calls

If you'd like to block calls such as spam, you'll need to refer to the Google Voice Help Center article on how to block (or unblock) a caller and manage Spam calls.

Turn Call screening on or off

To turn off the Screen Calls functionality:

1. Sign in to Google Voice with the Google account you use for Google Fiber Phone.
2. In the top right hand corner, click the Settings icon . (If you are using the Google Voice app, the Settings icon will be displayed within the hamburger menu  in the top left corner.)
3. On the left click Calls.
4. Turn Screen Calls off by switching the toggle from green to white.

Follow the same steps to turn the functionality back on.