- Google has deployed messages in beta version that allows you to use QR codes to check the device of the person you send from SMS
- This is the new safety measure of Google Messages, which is designed to prevent identity scams
- Google revealed last year that it would be deployed to users in 2025
It seems that a new security measure is on the Google messages, because the company has started to deploy a new QR code feature in the latest beta version, which checks the device of the person with which you discuss.
Spotted for the first time by 9TO5GOOGLE, the new Google verification tool in messages aims to prevent identity scams. Before, you can check the contacts by pressing “Check encryption”, by presenting an 80 -digit code that you can share with the other person to check your device and vice versa.
Although Google Messages has always had a verification function, its new Code QR approach provides a more practical way to prove the identity of the person with whom you send SMS. In this case, if someone should enter a conversation pretending to be a contact, Google can check if its device is verified and alert you if it is wary of a strange activity.
The point of sale also stipulates that Google will bring it to Android 9+ devices this year, but where can you find it in the beta version?
If you have access, open the Google Messages application and click in a conversation. When you press the contact name, it will open the detail page, which displays the “end -to -end” section – and you will want to press “check the encryption”.
In addition to the existing 80 -digit code option, there will also be an option to scan the QR code of your contact. The messages will also invite you to ask the other person to scan your QR code in return, allowing Google to check each device. To display the verification condition, you can display them in the “Connected Applications” section of the Contacts application on your device; However, this integration has not yet been put online, according to 9TO5google.
Recently, the company worked 24 hours a day to give its service messages much necessary upgrades – like its new function “Delete for Everybody” – and now it doubles its security measures.
In October of last year, Google unveiled plans to improve the protection of spam in messages, following the addition of an unsubscribe button to prevent unwanted spam messages and a sensitive content alert tool, both deployed in April. We expect the QR function to arrive before the end of the year, but an exact date has not yet been revealed.
