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Android will use Gemini to warn users about scam messages
Google has announced new scam and privacy protections for Android users.
An optional setting in Google Messages will use Gemini to assess a message sender’s intent and warn users if a message may be a scam.
Google says the message analysis takes place in an encrypted, secure space that even Google cannot access.
Gemini Nano will also check links on certain devices, including Pixel 10 and newer and select Samsung phones, before users tap them.
The Messages setting is rolling out in the coming weeks, while other planned protections include hiding sensitive information during screen sharing and blocking apps from secretly enabling call forwarding.
Google also plans to expand scam warnings in message notifications to more devices, and says Android has blocked over three million fake calls in a bank-verification feature launched in Brazil.
Google announced an opt-in Android Messages setting that uses Gemini to warn users about potentially deceptive messages.
Gemini will assess a sender’s intent, while Gemini Nano will analyze links on select devices before users tap them.
Google says message analysis takes place in Private AI Compute, a secure space inaccessible even to Google.
The new setting is expected to roll out in the coming weeks.
Google also announced other Android protections, including expanded scam alerts and screen-sharing privacy features.
- Who
- Google is adding protections for Android users.
- What
- An opt-in Messages setting will use Gemini to warn about potentially deceptive messages.
- When
- The setting is rolling out in the coming weeks.
- Where
- In Android’s Messages app.
- Why
- To help users identify deceptive messages and potential scams.
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Google launched its incoming-call verification feature in Brazil.
Google announced new and expanded scam and privacy protections for Android.
Automatic screen-sharing privacy is due to arrive on devices running Android 15 and newer.
The new opt-in Messages security setting is due to roll out.
Call forwarding protection is due to roll out on Pixel and other select devices.
- AI model
- Gemini
- Message analysis
- Private AI Compute
- Link analysis
- Gemini Nano on select devices
- Screen-sharing privacy
- Android 15 and newer
- Fake calls blocked
- Over three million since the feature launched in June