Yes, advancements in AI help people from different walks of life, but they have some cons. One of the most exploited con has been AI voice cloning. Over the years, it has reached the point where most people can no longer tell a deepfake voice from a real one. 

Scammers already know this, and they’ve been spoofing users’ contacts, cloning their voice, and committing financial frauds for quite some time. Android’s new fake call detection is designed to stop that exact scenario before it costs you.

How does fake call detection actually work?

Fake call detection is an industry-first feature. It identifies when a caller is not who they claim to be, even when the caller ID looks legitimate and the caller’s voice sounds familiar.

Without any action required from you, the feature operates silently in the background. When a contact calls you, and both of you are using Google’s Phone app, the caller’s device sends an encrypted confirmation signal to your device, functioning like a digital handshake, verifying that the call is coming from that person’s phone. 

This handshake is built on end-to-end encrypted RCS technology; the verification is completely private. When a scammer spoofs your contact’s number, the signal will be absent, and your device immediately pings your contact’s actual phone to check whether they are making a call.

Does the feature work for all Android phones?

When their real device confirms it is not making a call, a warning appears on your screen, telling you the call may be fake and that you should immediately hang up. The entire process happens instantly, before the scammer has had a chance to manipulate you.

Fake call detection is enabled by default. It is rolling out globally in Phone by Google this month, starting with Pixel devices, running on Android 12 and above. The only catch is that both the caller and the recipient must be using Phone app and the recipient’s device also needs RCS enabled in Google Messages. 

ASUS has officially unveiled the new Asus Pad, and honestly, the inspiration is impossible to ignore. From the flat metal chassis and symmetrical bezels to the magnetic keyboard accessories and stylus support, the tablet looks heavily influenced by Apple’s iPad lineup. But underneath the familiar design language sits what could actually be one of the more compelling Android tablets launched this year.

The Asus Pad arrives at a time when Android tablet makers are aggressively trying to close the gap with Apple in premium productivity-focused hardware. While many Android tablets still struggle with app optimization and ecosystem polish, companies increasingly realize that buyers care just as much about display quality, battery life, and hardware design as they do about software exclusives.

And on paper, the Asus Pad checks several important boxes.

An OLED Android tablet focused on entertainment and productivity

The biggest highlight of the Asus Pad is its OLED display. ASUS has equipped the tablet with a high-refresh-rate OLED panel designed to compete directly against premium tablets focused on media consumption, creative work, and productivity.

The company says the tablet supports HDR content, wide colour gamut coverage, and enhanced contrast performance typically associated with OLED technology. Combined with quad-speaker audio and slim bezels, ASUS is clearly positioning the device as both an entertainment machine and a lightweight work companion.

Internally, the Asus Pad uses Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware paired with AI-focused software features integrated across the operating system. ASUS is also heavily emphasizing stylus functionality, multitasking support, and keyboard accessories designed to make the device function more like a laptop replacement.

The design itself feels deliberately premium. The aluminum construction, flat edges, rounded corners, and accessory ecosystem immediately invite comparisons to Apple’s iPad Air and iPad Pro lineup. Even the naming strategy – simply calling it “Asus Pad” – feels unusually direct.

Still, there are meaningful differences. ASUS appears more focused on flexibility and open Android workflows rather than locking users into a tightly controlled ecosystem. The tablet also supports broader file management and sideloading capabilities that some users still prefer over Apple’s more restrictive approach.

Why this tablet actually matters

Android tablets have long suffered from an identity problem. Many devices either target budget buyers or attempt to mimic iPads without offering enough refinement to truly compete. The Asus Pad, however, feels more intentional. Instead of trying to radically reinvent the category, ASUS appears focused on delivering premium hardware at what will likely be a more competitive price than Apple’s OLED iPads.

That matters because OLED tablets are still relatively rare outside the ultra-premium segment. If ASUS prices the device aggressively, it could appeal to users who want high-end display quality for streaming, gaming, creative work, and multitasking without entering iPad Pro pricing territory.

Of course, software optimization will still be the biggest challenge. Apple’s advantage in tablet apps, ecosystem integration, and long-term software support remains difficult to match.

But the broader tablet market is changing quickly. Android manufacturers increasingly understand that people no longer just want cheap tablets. They want premium tablets that happen to run Android.

And despite the very obvious iPad energy here, the Asus Pad might actually deliver exactly that.

E Ink and MediaTek have teamed up to bring something genuinely exciting to a product category that has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. Your next e-reader might just transcribe meetings, translate languages in real time, and finally show you colors that don’t look washed out.

The two companies announced an expanded collaboration built around MediaTek’s new generative AI e-reader chips, the MT8115 and MT8126. These support both Linux and Android, and pack a dedicated NPU that delivers up to 7.4 TOPS of AI computing performance. 

What all that technical jargon actually means for you is useful stuff like multi-speaker voice recognition, meeting transcription, and real-time translation across more than 20 languages, all processed on the device itself.

What does this mean for your reading experience?

The display improvements are just as exciting. The new chips use a 7-level high-voltage oxide TFT driving technology that speeds up how ePaper particles move on screen. That means faster page turns, cleaner transitions, less ghosting, and a noticeably smoother experience overall. 

The chipsets support screens up to 13.3 inches at 300 PPI, which is sharp enough to make text look great. For color, the chips pair with E Ink’s Gallery and Kaleido technologies to deliver better color depth and a wider color range. 

Illustrated books and educational materials are the obvious beneficiaries here, and the improvement should be meaningful compared to what color e-readers have offered so far. To date, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft has delivered the best colors in my opinion. I cannot wait to see how far this new tech will push the color e-ink displays. 

When will you get to use this?

MediaTek’s new chips are expected to debut in next-generation tablets from Linfiny, an E Ink subsidiary. Both companies will also be showing off the technology at Computex 2026 in Taipei later this year, so we should get a clearer picture of real-world performance soon.

If the results live up to the promises, e-readers are about to become a lot more capable and a lot harder to ignore.