I just met my new neighbor for the first time, and when we exchanged numbers (by me texting her number) my phone (Pixel 8) showed her full name with a tilde in front of it below the phone number. She’s not in my contacts. Where did it get that name from?

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s a service her phone company provides. I have it too my carrier calls it “share name ID”

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      6 months ago

      I can turn it on and off on my Samsung, it is called Hiya. Not sure how other phones have it.

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      6 months ago

      i had just looked that up on verizon here. you can configure it to be whatever you want (with some limits), and it’s what gets sent with your phone number for caller id to compatible mobile devices/plans and to landlines with name & number caller id capability.

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      6 months ago

      Huh, interesting! First time I’ve seen that. Then again, I guess it’s the first time I’ve texted someone new in a while…

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        6 months ago

        My phone started doing this not to long ago, showered a picture and full name and everything. I’m assuming it has to do with Google and Gmail and Google fi which I have. Fuck Google. I never consented to this.

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    6 months ago

    Mine did that too recently! It really freaked me out as I normally share my contact card and tell them to send me theirs after, but I immediately got all of their information as soon as I texted them. I have a Pixel 6 Pro.