Android rolls out anti-call spoofing feature, Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy to get them first

The silent handshake pings the contact in your list to check whether their device is the one calling. Note that it checks on a device level, not by reading the number or the name. It also does not need the contact to do anything in return.

At this juncture, your phone has two outcomes: if the call was truly initiated by the contact’s device, nothing special happens. However, if the handshake fails (the contact’s device “says” it’s not making a call to you now), Android will treat the call as spoofed.

In the second outcome, your Phone app will display a warning with a helpful message asking you to hang up immediately.

The main aim of Fake Call Detection is to prevent users from falling prey to impersonation calls or even deepfake video calls in real time.

This digital handshake is conducted using RCS technology.

Which Android phones will get this feature?

Fake Call Detection is rolling out to all Android handsets globally. As long as your phone runs Android 12 or later, it doesn’t matter which brand you use. It is an OS-level feature, and the onus is on your preferred phone brand to get it working for you ASAP (as with most Android default features), as well as updating your device regularly.

Google said that the first phones to receive Fake Call Detection would be its very own Pixel phones, starting this month (June 2026).

The second to receive this feature are Samsung’s Galaxy handsets, slated for release “later this year”.