Google Messages will now have multiple safeguards against spam and sensitive information, including nudity. The safety-focused update is currently being sent to Android users, though some of the safeguards are still undergoing testing.

Google is introducing additional safeguards against scam texts, which may appear innocent at first but can result in fraud. Currently, Google Messages beta users on Android are getting access to the so-called enhanced scam detection.

The program will either alert you or immediately place the content into your spam folder if it thinks it might be a hoax. Conversations stay private and the content is never transferred to Google unless you report the spam since the Messages app utilizes on-device machine learning models to classify these frauds.

Since the start of the year, Google Messages has also been testing a security feature related to links. When users of Google Messages get text messages with potentially harmful links, the app has begun testing safeguards for them.

This function, which filters messages with links from dubious senders and alerts users when they receive a link from an unknown sender, was only available to Google Messages users in India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Google has, however, stated that it intends to make this capability available everywhere later this year.

The capability to disable messages from unknown overseas senders comes next. Later this year, a new feature that will enable users to automatically hide messages from foreign senders who are not already contacts will be introduced as a pilot in Singapore. Messages from foreign non-contacts will be automatically moved to the “Spam & blocked” folder if this is activated.

More significantly, Google declared that Google Messages will now have the so-called Sensitive Content Warnings function.

Once more, this takes place right on your phone to preserve privacy and ensure that only the sender and receiver can access the content of end-to-end encrypted communications.

Google revealed that it is developing a new feature that would enable users of Messages to validate that they are speaking with the correct person by confirming the public keys of their contacts.

Google intends to create a consistent mechanism for public key verification across many apps that may be verified by comparing numbers or scanning QR codes.