You know that little moment when your phone rings and the name on the screen makes you drop everything? Maybe it says your spouse, your daughter, your boss or your best friend. You answer because you ...

Phone by Google wants to combat the “growing threat of impersonation scams” and protect Android users against “sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks” with fake call detection. June Android Drop: ...

Fake call detection helps protect you from scammers using AI deepfakes to impersonate your contacts. Imagine receiving a phone call from your mother. Her name appears on your screen. The voice sounds ...

Google is rolling out a new security feature for Android aimed at a growing threat: scammers who use spoofed phone numbers and AI-generated voices to impersonate trusted contacts. The new feature, ...

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We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem. As usual, some of the new features are limited to ...

Google is adding new features to Android before releasing its next major update, Android 17, later this year. Alongside a more sophisticated version of scam call detection, Android users will also ...

Google began rolling out Fake Call Detection to Android 12 and later devices on June 2, 2026 — an industry-first feature that uses an end-to-end encrypted RCS cryptographic handshake to determine ...

Google is introducing a new Android security feature that will detect and flag phone calls in which scammers use artificial intelligence to impersonate a user's personal contacts. Called "fake call ...

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. “I'm so ...