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Google Messages Enhanced Protection rolls out to combat conversational scams
Google Messages Enhanced Protection adds Gemini scam analysis and on-device link checks for select Android phones as beta testing begins gradual rollout.
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Google Messages Enhanced Protection adds Gemini scam analysis and on-device link checks for select Android phones as beta testing begins gradual rollout.
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Rich Communication Services (RCS) has reshaped Google Messages, bringing read receipts, larger media attachments, and cross-platform messaging with iPhone users. RCS isn't without its own issues, though, and Messages has so far offered an easy way to opt out on a per-chat basis if it causes problems - a feature that now looks like it
