Google Voice Now Notifies You of Spam Messages on Android and iOS
Google Voice has rolled out a new feature similar to “suspected spam caller alerts,” but this time for text messages.
On both Android and iOS devices, users are now alerted to suspected spam messages with a red exclamation mark displayed under their profile avatar. The message preview also includes the phrase “Suspected Spam” in the corresponding color for easy identification.
“If you use Google Voice, you’re familiar with suspected spam caller alerts. We’re expanding this feature to text messages on Android and iOS devices,” Google said in a blog post.
Users will see these tags in the message and can either -“confirm a suspected spam message, which will result in messages from that number going straight to the spam folder, or mark the flagged message as non-spam, after which the suspected spam tags will never appear for that number again”.
These spam protections are available for both free and paid Google Voice accounts (Starter, Standard and Premier). It is currently being rolled out and will be widely available in the coming weeks, according to the company.
Meanwhile, Google has started rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “proofreading” feature in Gborad for beta users.
The “Proofread” option appears in the keyboard toolbar in Gboard version 13.4, which is currently in beta on Android. It allows users to check their text for spelling or grammar errors on the fly. Everything is powered by generative artificial intelligence, reports 9to5Google.
The feature appeared on the Pixel Fold as a “Fix it” prompt with Google’s usual generative AI symbol. A pop-up window will then explain how the proofreader works. The text will be sent to Google for processing if you enable the feature.
