Google has announced new security features for Android to help users identify and avoid mobile scams involving fraudulent calls, messages and links. The updates include enhanced scam detection in Google Messages, protections against call forwarding and screen-sharing safeguards.
\n\nAnnounced on October 14, the new features use Google's artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify suspicious activity and warn users about potential threats. According to Google, its AI-powered scam detection tools in Phone by Google and Google Messages flag more than five million suspected scam calls and texts every month.
\n\nIn the blogpost, the company said the latest updates aim to address increasingly sophisticated fraud tactics, including fake bank alerts, spoofed phone numbers and AI voice cloning.
\n\nGoogle Messages gets enhanced scam protection
\n\nGoogle is introducing an optional enhanced protection mode in Google Messages, which is expected to roll out in the coming weeks. The setting will provide additional safeguards against complex messaging scams.
\n\nWith the feature enabled, Scam Detection can use Google's cloud-based Gemini models through Private AI Compute to analyse conversations with unknown senders and identify suspicious intent. Google said this cloud analysis is designed to complement existing on-device detection while keeping users' data encrypted and inaccessible to others, including…
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