# What's New in Android Security and Privacy in 2026

DevFeed: [What's New in Android Security and Privacy in 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-android-security-and-privacy-in-2026-7635.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.google/security/whats-new-in-android-security-privacy-2026/>)

Author: Eugene Liderman

Published: 2026-05-12T17:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/security.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Android Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-security.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spoofing.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [threat detection](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-detection.md>), [On-device AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-device-ai.md>), [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-security.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [none](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/none.md>), [on-device-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-device-ai.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spoofing.md>), [threat-detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threat-detection.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes planned Android security and privacy enhancements for 2026, including verified financial calls to combat spoofed banking scams. Android can verify incoming calls through participating financial apps and automatically end calls that are not genuine. It also highlights expanded Live Threat Detection, which uses on-device AI to analyze app behavior and warn about suspicious activity.

## Source excerpt

New Android security and privacy features