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Key findings: Android users were 58% more likely than iOS users to report receiving no scam texts in a given week, and Pixel users were 96% more likely than iPhone owners to report zero scam texts. Independent researchers found Android offers AI-powered protections across ten categories versus two for iOS. The post details Android's layered defenses including Google Messages spam filtering, on-device AI scam detection for calls and texts, Call Screen, Google Play Protect, and Safe Browsing with LLMs. Google also notes it blocked over 100 million suspicious numbers from using RCS in a single month. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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