

Regardless of your smartphone platform of choice, the first rule of dealing with suspicious text messages is the same as for email: Don't interact with them in any way. Google Messages offers similar reporting mechanisms, but these are also used to train Google's anti-spam filters. By comparison, Apple's Messages app on the iPhone doesn't attempt to make any judgment calls about what is or isn't text spam you can only filter out unknown senders, and report spam messages to Apple and your carrier. It's not as robust as what you'll find in Gmail, but every little bit counts.

This is an area where Android smartphones have a bit of an edge over the iPhone, as Google's Messages app employs algorithms to attempt to detect and filter spam.

Your phone's SMS inbox may not be as well-defended against spam as your email inbox, but modern smartphone platforms do provide you with some useful options. Fitbit Versa 3Īn Android phone running Android 13 or laterĪs annoying as text message spam can be, you're not entirely helpless in the face of it.
