nixCraft 🐧Nov 4

Google claims Android phones now block more scams than iPhones: Android systems, particularly on Pixel Pro 10, are more effective against common real-world threats like social engineering scams via calls and texts. Full report here at Google to make your own conclusions

https://security.googleblog.com/2025/10/how-android-protects-you-from-scams.html?m=1

Has anyone noticed such a difference? Or is it just one vendor pushing yet another marketing campaign?

How Android provides the most effective protection to keep you safe from mobile scams

Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Ab...

Google Online Security Blog
Show threadViss
@nixCraft only works on pixel phones. every other android phone is screwed
Nov 4 at 1:17amWeb
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Nov 4
@Viss yeah, many android devices don’t get any updates for years
Show threadVissNov 4

@nixCraft its not about updates, its about google having two castes of phone - theirs, and 'everyone elses'. their phones get all the good stuff - but nobody elses do. so you only get those 'great features' if you buy a pixel.

and even then, like @josephdickson mentioned, not even all pixels get it

Show threadJoseph DicksonNov 4
@Viss @nixCraft I have a Pixel 9a and still get unsolicited calls and texts a day or two a week: that's on top of adding T-Mobile's block feature.