At the Android Show, Google unveiled enhanced security and privacy features for Android aimed at safeguarding users from scams and unauthorized access. Key updates include blocking risky actions during calls from unknown numbers, improved protections for screen sharing, and enhancements in Google Messages that leverage AI to detect and warn against various types of scams. Additionally, users running Android 6 and later will no longer be able to disable Google Play Protect, which actively scans for harmful apps. These initiatives reflect Google's commitment to bolstering device security across its ecosystem.
These new features include new protections for calls, screen sharing, messages, device access, and system-level permissions aimed at securing Android users from scams.
Phone scammers often ask users to take actions like tapping on unsafe links or downloading unknown apps. Google is proactively blocking some actions during suspicious calls.
Google is enhancing protection against scams in Google Messages by augmenting an on-device AI that alerts users about potential fraud based on conversation context.
Screen-sharing protection is being added, reminding users to cease screen sharing after a call, and introducing new warnings to deter screen-sharing fraud with bank apps.
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