Google Messages AI Detects Scams, Find My Live Location & Pixel Updates

Google Messages AI Detects Scams, Find My Live Location & Pixel Updates

Google Messages is introducing an AI feature that aims to help protect Android users from text message scams. The new AI-powered scam detection tool was announced today alongside other new features, including live location sharing in the Find My app for Android users and features specifically for Pixel owners like multicamera streaming support and new text-to-image options in Pixel Studio. Image : Google Scam Detection in Google Messages works by monitoring SMS, MMS, and RCS messages in real time for suspicious patterns. Once a likely scam has been detected, Google Messages will present a warning message to users that allows them to quickly dismiss it or report and block the sender. Google says the feature is designed to tackle “conversational text scams that begin innocently” before later initiating nefarious schemes. “Traditional spam protections are focused on protecting users before the conversation starts, and are less effective against these latest tactics from scammers that turn d…