As phone fraud continues to erode trust in everyday communication, Google is quietly extending one of its more consequential security tools beyond its own hardware. Evidence embedded in the Phone app's code suggests that vivo — a manufacturer whose users often live in regions where scam calls are endemic — is next in line to receive Scam Detection, the real-time machine learning system that already guards Pixel and Samsung Galaxy S26 users. The expansion reflects both Google's confidence in the technology and a broader ambition: to make fraudulent calls harder to execute, one Android partnersh