Dossier
Phone by Google
Coverage of Phone by Google in the Nexus archive.
- Android fake call detection warns you about scams
Android is rolling out a new fake call detection feature to warn users about spoofed calls and AI-generated voices used in scams. The feature uses end-to-end encrypted RCS technology to verify if a call is genuinely coming from a trusted contact's device.
- Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google is launching a new feature in its Phone app to flag AI impersonation scams by detecting suspicious calls that appear to come from a user's contacts. The update addresses a growing threat, with the FBI reporting Americans lost over $893 million to such scams in 2025.