Verizon Call Filter is an Android app developed by Verizon Consumer Group (One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New Jersey). Others apps created by Verizon Consumer Group are: Verizon Cloud, Content Transfer, FamilyBase, Message+, GizmoHub, My Verizon Mobile.

Verizon Call Filter first became available on 29 Jan 2018. It is estimated that Verizon Call Filter has been downloaded between 50000000 and 100000000 times from the Play Store.

Verizon Call Filter 13.6 requires the following permissions:

Allows an app to access precise location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.

Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.

Allows applications to change network connectivity state.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc. Does not include placing calls.

Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.

Allows an application to read the user's call log.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read SMS messages.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages.

Allows an application to receive SMS messages.

Allows an application to send SMS messages.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to write to external storage.