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Stan Brown wrote:

> Google Pixel 8a, Android 14

Not 15?

> In the settings for the default Phone app, I clicked "Call Screen ".
> That took me to a screen headed "Call Screen", as expected, but about
> the top third of the screen is now taken up by a white window with an
> orange bar containing the text "downloading en-US". The setting for
> "Automatically screen calls" is grayed out, as are its sub-settings
> "Maximum protection", "Medium protection", and "Basic protection".
> 
> It's been like that for an hour so far.

I don't remember a huge download to enable screening, maybe I already 
had the language stuff?  I don't use the screening on real human 
callers, but when I've been put on hold i have no qualms using it.

> I assume it's downloading some sort of language pack, but should that
> be taking so long? If not, any suggestions for troubleshooting?
> 
> (I did try googling, but the search terms I could think of didn't
> lead anywhere useful.)