Google adds a scam-detection feature, built on RCS, to Android 12 and later that verifies whether a call is coming from the caller's actual Android smartphone (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) 02-06-2026

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Google adds a scam-detection feature, built on RCS, to Android 12 and later that verifies whether a call is coming from the caller’s actual Android smartphone — Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” …