Google is introducing and expanding a number of new security measures, which should benefit the Android users for criminals or benefit from stolen Android phones. After introducing the features of AI in March, which detects fake messages based on ordinary language patterns, Google is working on teaching its models to recognize the wide range of text scams, as these Free of charge road tool scams You’ve probably seen this year. It is also adding a faster pattern analysis to the safety of Google Play so that it can expose malicious apps more rapidly.
In addition, Google is in the process of making some leakage concessions during the call with an unknown contact. Meanwhile, new Key certifier The feature prevents scammers from collaborating your known contacts, allowing you to change and a reliable contact to confirm each other’s identity.
With the upcoming release of the Android 16 operating system, Google will also add new ways to protect your phone from thieves. The identification check feature requires additional biometric verification to replace sensitive settings outside the user’s designated safe places. It launched some pixels and galaxy devices in January, but Android will expand the 16 rollout. Should help save these upgrades “Shoulder surfing” device theft and bank account violationIn which thieves learn the pass code by unlocking their phone, then stealing and unlocking the devices themselves. Such attacks have been harassing smartphone owners in bars and other crowded places for years.
New features of anti -theft include more restrictions on what can be done with a security question and a device after a factory reset to disable remote locks. If the Android 16 -driven phone is not connected to unlock or Wi -Fi for a while, the lock screen will hide the verification code received by the texts.
With the new features of security, Android 16 will make the center under a single device level feature called Advanced safety. Although the advance protection switch is active, no feature can be closed under the umbrella.
As the final completion of Android 16 security updates, Google is expanding its device feature in search hub, a dashboard that can basically find any item with smart capabilities or Bluetooth tags. Find Hub can use ultra -wide band (UWB) on compatible devices to tighten more precise locations, and can also communicate through a satellite, so its properties work beyond the cell range.
Update, May 14, 2025, 6:28 pm et: The story has been updated and reflected that it can be reflected that Google does not depend on the scam detection announced during the Android Show presentation and upgrading the key authenticator in Android 16.
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