Google Messages can check chats with strangers for fraud, if you opt in

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

Android adds an opt-in enhanced protection mode that uses cloud Gemini to judge unknown senders. It rolls out in the coming weeks.

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Slow-burn fraud are hard to spot. This gives Android users an extra check, and you choose whether to turn it on.

For most people

Try it: an extra guard against fake messages.

Enhanced protection uses cloud Gemini models to judge unknown senders' intentions.
Google says the data is encrypted and handled in a secure space only the user can access.
Gemini Nano also checks links in unfamiliar messages before they are opened.
Android will block apps from turning on call forwarding and tell you if someone tries.
Chat fraud detection from Pixel is expanding to Honor, Motorola, Oppo, OnePlus, Realme, Tecno, Vivo, Xiaomi and more.

Try itTurn it on when it reaches your phone, if you are comfortable with cloud checks.

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