The Apple (AAPL) iPhone may be selling well, but the tech giant is continuing to trail its Californian peers when it comes to AI.
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AI Shields
A trio of independent studies from YouGov, Counterpoint Research and Leviathan Security has found that Android systems from rival Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL) – powered by advanced AI defenses – are outperforming Apple’s iOS in detecting and blocking phone scams.
The findings, as reported by Digital Information World, suggest that Android users encounter fewer fraud attempts and place greater trust in their phones’ built-in safeguards.
Across the surveys, carried out in the U.S., India and Brazil, Android users were 58% more likely than iPhone users to report receiving no scam texts in the week prior to taking part. On Google’s Pixel phones the gap was even wider, the study found.
About one in five Android users described scam protection as highly effective, while iPhone users were 150% more likely to say their phone failed to stop fraudulent activity.
Security specialists at Counterpoint Research analyzed four recent flagship models, Google’s Pixel, Samsung’s Galaxy, Motorola’s Razr, and Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro, to evaluate AI-driven protection. They found Android devices offered full coverage across nine security areas, including scam detection, app malware filtering, phishing prevention, and anti-theft systems. The iPhone achieved equivalent safeguards in only two.
Teething Problems
Leviathan Security Group ranked Android’s protection features – particularly call screening, real-time scam detection, and on-device authentication alerts – as more comprehensive.
It comes as Apple said this week that it had set record Q4 revenues for its iPhone and services. However, despite this, some analysts continue to worry it is just not doing enough in the AI field.
“The iPhone 17, which launched in September, seems to have gone down a storm and pushed people to upgrade,” said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
But he added: “The perception that Apple is being left behind in the AI race continues to be reinforced with scheduled upgrades to voice assistant Siri delayed and teething problems with other artificial- intelligence-led initiatives.”
The results of these three studies will add to those AI Apple nerves.
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