India, May 13 -- Not only will you be at a greater risk than having your phone cracked by scammers if you lose money to a fake banking phone call or if you misplace your phone on a busy street, but you also stand to lose your privacy as well as an increase in the number of attacks targeting Android devices; hence, the announcement of a new update for Google's operating system on May 12th, 2026, may provide better protection against scammers' thieving mischief, apps, and location-based attacks.

Bank scam calls get an effective blocking tool

A long-overdue update is 'verified financial calls,' a spoofing protection feature for Android 11 and up devices, but it's been verified to actually work! It basically checks whether some scumbag's tr...