Google’s AI-powered Scam Detection feature could soon expand to vivo smartphones, potentially making vivo the third major Android brand to backing the technology after Pixel and Samsung devices.
Since vivo is a highly popular brand worldwide, the feature should reach millions of devices.
Evidence of the expansion was discovered during a teardown of version 234.0.9 of the Phone by Google app. The app’s internal code now contains references to vivo alongside Google and Samsung in sections related to “Sharpie,” Google’s internal codename for Scam Detection.
Vivo Appears in Google’s Scam Detection Code
Although neither business has officially announced the rollout yet, the newly discovered references strongly suggest Google is preparing Scam Detection support for vivo phones.
It is also unclear which vivo devices will backing the feature. While support for older models such as the X300 family remains unknown, one possibility is that it could debut with the upcoming vivo X500 series.
Because the evidence comes from unfinished app code, aims could still change before the feature reaches users.
How Scam Detection Works
Scam Detection uses AI running directly on the phone to analyze conversations for patterns commonly associated with fraud.
For example, if someone on a call starts asking for unusual payment methods such as gift cards, the phone can display a warning and alert the user with sound and vibration.
While older supported Pixels apply Google’s other on-device machine-learning technology, on newer Pixel phones, the feature uses Google’s Gemini Nano AI model. Google says call audio and transcripts employed for Scam Detection are processed locally and are not sent to its servers.
Samsung also offers AI Scam Detection on backed Galaxy phones running Android 16 with One UI 8.5 or newer. Samsung integrates the feature into its own Phone app rather than requiring users to switch dialers.
Vivo’s Version is Still a Mystery
It remains unclear whether vivo will integrate Scam Detection into its own calling app or rely on Phone by Google.
While vivo continues to use its own phone app on devices sold in China, the latter would make sense for global vivo phones, where Google’s dialer is already commonly employed.
Google’s current public support documentation still lists Scam Detection as a Pixel feature, meaning vivo backing has not officially launched yet.
Still, the discovery suggests Google’s real-time scam protection may gradually become available across a much wider range of Android phones instead of remaining limited to Pixel and selected Galaxy devices.
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