Decide who actually rings your phone. Caller-intro screening makes unknown callers record a 10-second 'who's calling and why', and the pickup announcement plays you a custom line label on answer so you always know which of your numbers was dialed.
If your WIGGWIGG number lives on a dating profile, a Kijiji listing, a business card, or a forum signature, screening filters strangers without sending them to voicemail.
Strangers who matched a profile have to identify themselves before they ring you. Awkward callers self-filter; confident ones leave a real intro you can decide on.
Buyers on Kijiji, Marketplace, or Craigslist get a 10-second intro window. The 'is this still available?' callers hand you the answer up front.
Set the line label to 'Studio' or 'Bookings' so when a client calls, you hear 'Call from X for Studio' on pickup and answer in the right tone.
Screening forces an intro before any random player from online games can reach you. Harassers don't make it through the door.
Hand your number to a new group knowing strangers will identify themselves before they can interrupt you.
Guests state their name and reason for the call before it rings. Real-estate cold-callers self-filter.
Every public number routes through screening. Eventual leaks don't translate into calls that ring at home.
Different line label per number tells you which identity rang, even before caller ID loads. Useful when several WIGGWIGG numbers forward to the same phone.
If you're sharing your new Canadian number with employers and landlords, screening keeps cold-callers out without you having to guess.
Both are free. Both run per number. Use one, both, or neither.
They tell you who they are.
When an unknown number calls, WIGGWIGG answers and asks the caller to record up to 10 seconds saying who they are and why they're calling. Your phone rings on pickup with the recording playing first. You hear it, then accept (DTMF key) or send to voicemail. Known contacts skip the intro entirely.
What your caller hears: a brief prompt, then a 10-second beep-and-record window, then 'thanks, connecting you now'.
What you experience: phone rings, you answer, you hear the intro before they're connected. One key press accepts, another sends to voicemail.
You hear who's calling and which line they reached.
When you pick up a forwarded call, WIGGWIGG plays a brief TTS announcement to YOU: 'Call from [Name] at [number] for [your line label]. To accept, press 1.' The line label is the word you customize per number ('Work', 'Home', 'Selling', etc.). Optional press-to-accept mode requires YOU to press a key (1-9) to bridge the call; otherwise it routes to your fallback (voicemail or hang up). Useful when multiple WIGGWIGG numbers forward to the same phone, you always know which one rang.
What your caller hears: nothing. Standard ringing, then either you answer or their call goes to voicemail. The announcement is played to YOU, not to them.
What you experience: phone rings, you pick up, you hear a TTS announcement first telling you who's calling and which line they reached. Press your accept key to bridge the call, or let it time out for the fallback.
Both modes share the same incoming-call pipeline. Spam filter runs first, then screening, then your routing rules.
Inbound voice call hits your WIGGWIGG number. The spam filter runs first (STIR/SHAKEN, neighbor-spoof, carrier reputation, your block list).
Caller-intro: WIGGWIGG answers the caller, asks for a 10-second intro, records it. Pickup announcement: WIGGWIGG forwards the call to your real phone (the caller hears normal ringing).
Caller-intro: you pick up, the recorded intro plays, you accept or decline. Pickup announcement: you pick up, you hear 'Call from [Name] at [number] for [your line label]', then either bridge automatically or press your accept key.
Accepted: legs bridge and you're talking. Declined or timed out: the recording (if any) is saved as voicemail, or the call is rejected per your fallback setting.
Every WIGGWIGG number has its own screening config. Change it without touching the other numbers.
Caller-intro recordings cost us a few cents each. To keep the feature free for you, we cap the daily volume.
If a single number gets hammered (a popular Kijiji listing, say), the 51st caller skips the intro and lands wherever your routing rules send them.
Account-wide ceiling across all your numbers, in case one account is unusually busy.
When the intro is skipped because the caller is a known contact, has a high spam score, or hit the cap, that doesn't consume a unit. Caps only count actual recorded intros.
Pickup announcements are pure TTS, no recording, no extra cost beyond the call itself. No daily limit.
They solve different problems. You can use both at once if you want the caller to identify themselves AND hear which line was dialed when you pick up.
| Question | Caller-Intro | Pickup Announcement |
|---|---|---|
| Who hears something? | You hear the caller's recorded intro | You hear a TTS announcement on pickup |
| Best for... | Filtering strangers on public numbers | Knowing which of your lines was dialed (multiple numbers, one phone) |
| Press-to-accept? | Implicit (you decide after hearing the intro) | Optional (you press a key to bridge after the announcement) |
| Daily cap? | 50 / number / day, 200 / account / day | None |
| Skipped for known contacts? | Yes, automatically | No, plays every time (until you turn it off) |
| Available on every plan? | Yes, free | Yes, free |
Both screening modes are free with every WIGGWIGG number. Turn them on per number, change settings whenever.