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Google confirms a new update is coming to your Android phone to stop hackers<\/a> gaining access to your accounts. This addresses the billion dollar threat<\/a> behind repeated FBI warnings<\/a>. The hope now is that Google\u2019s update locks out attackers.<\/p>\n \u201cAndroid uses the best of Google AI and our advanced security expertise to tackle mobile scams from every angle,\u201d Google<\/a> says. That includes circle to search scam detection<\/a> in messages and now a defense to stop hackers tapping your bank accounts. <\/p>\n ForbesFeds Warn iPhone And Android Users\u2014Change Apple, Google And Microsoft PasswordsBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n Google\u2019s recent survey<\/a> that found Android users were 58% more likely than iOS users to report they had not received any scam texts in the prior week is misleading. The survey was conducted before iPhone\u2019s own anti-scam defenses went live with iOS 26<\/a>. But Google is undoubtedly leading the way here, doing more than Apple.<\/p>\n Attacks increasingly \u201ctrick users into sharing their phone screen while on the phone to visit malicious websites, revealing sensitive information,\u201d and that needs to be stopped. The FBI\u2019s \u201cphantom hacker<\/a>\u201d warning highlight the dangers in screen sharing, revealing where a victim\u2019s money is saved enabling hackers to target those specific accounts.<\/p>\n Google is co-opting banks, meaning \u201cwhen you launch a participating financial app while screen sharing and on a phone call with a number that is not saved in your contacts, your Android device will automatically warn you about the potential dangers and give you the option to end the call and to stop screen sharing with just one tap.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s rolling out by geography and is still in its pilot stage. The hope and expectation is that this will be available everywhere in the not too distant future. <\/p>\n