Samsung’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup could pick up a genuinely useful feature that has so far been exclusive to Pixel phones. According to a report from Android Authority, the Galaxy S26 series may support Google’s AI-powered scam detection system, which is designed to warn users during suspicious phone calls.
Samsung hasn’t officially announced the Galaxy S26 series yet, but the phones are expected to launch later this month. Ahead of that, evidence pointing to scam detection support has started showing up inside Google’s own apps. Android Authority, working with developer AssembleDebug, found new references inside Google’s Android CallCore app, which handles basic calling functions on many Android phones.
Specifically, the teardown revealed a new internal flag linked to scam detection support. That same marker is also said to appear in system logs tied to the Galaxy S26 Ultra. This suggests the feature could be baked into the phone at a system level, rather than being added later through a simple app update. The findings also indicate that the feature may not be limited to the Ultra model, but could extend to the standard Galaxy S26 and S26+ as well.
Earlier, a separate analysis of the Google Phone app reportedly surfaced the Galaxy S26’s model number in the code, along with an internal reference believed to be connected to the scam detection system. While none of this confirms a public rollout just yet, the repeated appearances across different apps point to active development behind the scenes.
Google first introduced scam detection in March 2025, keeping it limited to Google Pixel phones and select Pixel Watch models. The feature uses on-device AI to listen for common scam patterns during calls. If it detects something suspicious, it alerts the user in real time using vibrations, on-screen warnings, and audio prompts. Google says all of this happens locally on the device, with no calls recorded or sent to the cloud.
If Samsung does bring this feature to the Galaxy S26 series, it would narrow one of the long-standing gaps between Galaxy and Pixel phones, especially around safety and call protection. Rival flagships from Apple and several Chinese brands mostly rely on spam filtering or warnings before or after a call, rather than live detection.
For buyers, particularly in markets like India where scam calls are still a daily annoyance, this could be a meaningful quality-of-life upgrade. That said, since Samsung hasn’t confirmed anything yet, it’s worth waiting for the official launch to see whether scam detection is enabled by default, which regions it supports, and how well it works in real-world use.
