Google Brings Scam Detection Warning To The Pixel Watch

Last month, the Pixel 9 gained real-time Scam Detection, and those warnings are now coming to your paired Pixel Watch 2 and 3: “So if you’re on the go, you can be alerted to a scam call without needing to take out your phone.”

The Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold leverage Gemini Nano with Multimodality to detect suspicious patterns commonly used by scammers. Your phone will vibrate and make noise to get you to see the on-screen “Likely scam” warning. This works on-device and in real-time.

If you take a call on your watch and it appears to be a scam conversation, “Pixel Watch alerts you to a scam mid-call when it receives a Bluetooth signal from your Pixel 9+.” Direct LTE calls to your wrist won’t be covered as the processing needs to happen on the phone.

Scam Detection is rolling out starting today for the Pixel Watch 2 and 3 “in the US for calls in English only.” Just make sure the warnings are enabled on your Pixel 9’s Phone app > Settings > Scam Detection.

An audible beep at the start of the call and every few minutes is heard if you have the Scam detection turned on. It automatically runs in the background of calls that could be scams.** If the likelihood of a scam is high, it alerts you with notification, sound, and vibration. You can dismiss the notification or end the call using your watch.