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TL;DR
- Google launched Live Threat Detection last year, which alerts users when a malicious app is identified.
- This feature is getting its own page, where it will presumably show which apps have been identified as threats.
- We have also discovered a new alert that warns about harmful apps monitoring your location or device activity.
Your Pixel phone contains a variety of safety and privacy features, like protection from spam calls and safeguards for lost devices. Among these features is Live Threat Detection, which launched last year. In our APK teardown, we discovered that some changes are coming for this tool.
In case you’re unaware of Live Threat Detection, it’s a feature that uses on-device AI models to identify harmful apps. If suspicious behavior is detected, you’ll receive a real-time alert warning you to take action to protect your device. In the image below, you can see an example of the notification you’ll get when a malicious app is discovered.