Google Messages adds Enhanced protection with Gemini to fight scams

Google Messages now has an Enhanced protection mode that uses cloud-based Gemini models to analyze conversations with unknown senders for signs of complex scams. It also adds link protection powered by Gemini Nano and real-time web signals, with processing handled in Google's Private AI Compute environment.

• Enhanced protection scans chats with unknown senders using cloud Gemini models
• Link protection relies on Gemini Nano and real-time web signals
• Data is processed in Private AI Compute and stays encrypted
• The feature is optional and rolls out gradually by device