As a real estate agent, you’re always on call. Now I’m going to go ahead and take a guess that approximately 80% of the calls you receive are from random numbers. People you might have met once at an inspection, but never got around to adding to your phone contacts. Old leads or vendors that you used to have, but never got around to re-adding to your new generation of iPhone. You know the drill.
Problem is, as a real estate agent, you also want all your clients to feel like they’re the only one. Even if you’ve only barely met them, or haven’t spoken to them in seven years. You still want to be able to confidently answer the phone with a; ‘Hi, [First name basis]! Long-time no see!’
Your wish is our command.
With a little bit of computer magic, your phone can now use Pocket to pull the real name of all those ‘random’ numbers and show it on the screen when you receive a call.
For iOS Devices
Turning on Caller ID is super easy, all you need to do is;
- Open up your Settings in Pocket > General Settings > Caller ID and select the Change option
- Select Enable
- Click Go to iOS Phone Settings, then Call blocking and Identification, then flick the little switch. Hop back over to Pocket & you're done!
For Android Devices
Due to Google's permissions policy, Android Devices do require an additional app downloaded for Caller ID - the app is called Pocket Caller ID.
To enable Caller ID for Android;
- Go to Settings in Pocket > General Settings > Caller ID and select the Change option
- You'll be prompted to download the Caller ID app - Select Go to the Google Play Store
- When the Google Play Store opens, select Install for the Pocket Caller ID app
- When the app downloads, open the Pocket Caller Id app
- Select Review Permission Request
- Select Allow
- Switch the toggle to Allow Permission
- Go back to the Caller ID app
- Select Turn on Caller ID
- Select Okay
If you already have the Pocket Caller ID app installed prior to enabling Caller ID in Pocket;
- Go to Settings in Pocket > General Settings > Caller ID and select the Change option
- Select Enable Caller ID
- When the Caller ID App opens, select Review Permission Request
- Select Allow
- Switch the toggle to Allow Permission
- Go back to the Caller ID app
- Select Turn on Caller ID
- Select Okay