Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

The Verge
By Emma RothJun 2, 2026, 2:00 pm106 pts
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you can hang up. In a post explaining…

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