Google Android Flags 5 Million Suspected Scam Calls and Texts Monthly
Google says Android now flags over five million suspected scam calls and texts monthly and is adding Gemini protections.
Google said Android scam detection now flags more than 5 million suspected scam calls and text messages each month. An opt-in Enhanced Protection mode in Google Messages combines on-device detection with Private AI Compute and Gemini to assess multi-message social engineering, and uses Gemini Nano plus web signals to evaluate unfamiliar links. Android will obscure login and payment pages in Chrome and WebView during screen sharing, block apps from silently enabling call forwarding, and warn on risky MMI codes. Verified financial calls with Banco do Brasil and Itaú Unibanco have blocked more than 3 million spoofed calls since June.