5 new protections on Google Messages to help keep you safe

Google announces new and upcoming security features for Android’s Google Messages, including enhanced on-device detection of package delivery and job scams, expanded warnings for potentially dangerous links, controls to hide messages from unknown international senders, opt-in Sensitive Content Warnings that blur images potentially containing nudity, and a forthcoming contact public-key verification system for stronger identity assurance—aimed at improving user privacy and safety without sending message content to Google.