Last month we told you that the Android 15 update had bricked some users' Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro handsets. Luckily, I was already running the Android 15 beta on my Pixel 6 Pro which might have been the reason that my phone was spared.

Google is rolling out two new AI-powered security features to Pixel 6 or newer devices. One observes call patterns to notify users about potential scammers on the default Phone app, and the other scans apps for malware and notifies users about live threats via Google Play Protect.

One of the Gemini AI-powered features Google introduced at I/O this year was a solution for never-ending scam calls. It has the capability to detect whether a call is suspicious while it's still ongoing and can alert you so that you could drop the call as soon as possible.