Google announces new Gemini backed safety features in India to protect users from online fraud

Google has announced a number of AI powered features in India in order to protect users from online scams. AI Impact Summit 2026, the tech giant has rolled out many of the new features which it says will protect the users from scams while making sure that ‘AI works harder for the defender than for the attacker:’

“Our devices are the centre of our digital lives and so it’s crucial to implement robust protections right into the products and services we use daily.” the tech giant said in a blogpost

However, the feature is opt-in, meaning it is off by default and users will have to turn it on in the settings of the dialler app. The company also noted that it will only apply to calls coming from unknown numbers and thee will be a beep during the call to notify both the receiver and the caller.

Google has partnered with Google Pay, Navi and PayTM in order to tackle screen-sharing scams. Google says it will show a ‘prominent alert’ on devices running on Android 11+ when they open one of these apps while screen sharing on a call with an unknown contact.

The feature will also provide users with a one-tap option to end the call and stop screen sharing in order to protect them from potential fraud.

Google has introduced a new Android-based security protocol called Enhanced Phone Number Verification (ePNV) which replaces SMS OTP flows with a secure, consented, SIM-based check that the company says raises the floor for sign-in security.

Google said that it is providing early access to SynthID Detector and API in order to identify synthetically generated content. Notably, SynthID is Google's proprietary watermarking technology which helps users find out if the content was any traces of being generated by the company's AI tools.

Users can currently request early access to SynthID by filling out a Google form but there is no clarity yet on the wider rollout.