Scammers steal nearly $1 trillion annually, and most of it is through phone call fraud. With scammers becoming more sophisticated and harder to identify, Google's new Scam Detection will scan phone calls in real-time to protect users from fraud before it can occur.

Android’s Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if something looks fishy.

Google is rolling out a new Scam Detection feature to its Pixel devices that uses on-device AI models to identify potential scam calls.

Because scammers love to call and impersonate places like your bank, Google is introducing a new Scam Detection feature for its Pixel phones that is a part of the Phone by Google app. The idea behind Scam Detection is to,

Google has announced the rollout of new security features on its Pixel smartphones to protect against malicious apps and scam calls. The Google Play Protect live threat detection feature alerts users in real time if it detects malware or suspicious app activity.

Google is rolling out real-time spam detection feature in the Phone app. For now, the feature is live for Pixel 6 onwards users, and it is soon coming to other Android smartphones as well.