TL;DR
- Last month we spotted Google developing Call Reason, a system for signaling call priority that could override DND.
- Google formally announced Call Reason at the start of December, saying that beta access would get underway shortly.
- Testers have now begun to start getting access to Expressive Calling and Call Reason.
Do Not Disturb is one of the most useful features our phones have, and often feels like the last line of defense against a world that wants us constantly assailed by notifications. But sometimes someone really, really needs to get in touch with us, so it’s good to know that we have options there, whether that’s designating contacts who can override DND, or recognizing repeat callers by their urgency. With the arrival of QPR2 earlier this month, Google announced another way it was giving us an option to punch through DND — and that’s finally starting to arrive now.
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