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.worldEnglish
    542·
    7 months ago

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

    • derpgon@programming.devEnglish
      161·
      7 months ago

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

    • ares35@kbin.social
      11·
      7 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.

    • SaintWacko@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      61·
      7 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…