Phone scams are on the rise, and thanks to AI, they're more convincing than ever. That's why Google is stepping in and offering one last line of defense for Pixel users -- a feature that listens in, on your phone calls, and alerts you if a scam is going down.

The AI-based features are rolling out to Pixel 6 or newer first but will soon be expanded to other Android devices, Google says.

One of the Gemini AI-powered features Google introduced at I/O this year was a solution for never-ending scam calls. It has the capability to detect whether a call is suspicious while it's still ongoing and can alert you so that you could drop the call as soon as possible.

After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices. The feature will

When’s the last time you got a call from an actual, genuine person that you don’t already know? I’m struggling to remember anything in the last three months that wasn’t a scammer, either some poor schmuck working in an organized crime call center or just a recording on the other end of an autodialer.

Google has launched a real-time scam detection feature for its Pixel 6, 7, and 9 series phones. This feature, powered by AI and machine learning, analyzes incoming calls to identify potential fraud attempts.