The last half decade has been great for Android users as Google shifted its focus a bit more towards adding more security features to improve the overall privacy and security of the operating system. The addition of features will continue in 2024 and the first feature to come is "Android Safe Browsing". Here's everything you need to know about Android Safe Browsing and how you can enable it on your Android phone.

When enabled, the Android Safe Browsing feature will warn you about potentially harmful websites, redirect links, or phishing links in supported apps. Android will warn you if you get a link in a supported app that might take you to a phishing site. The Safe Browsing page also allows you to enable "live threat protection" to detect threats more accurately.

Secure browsing with Android is now rolling out to all modern Android devices. In typical Google fashion, there's no way to enable the feature yourself by updating Google Play Services, instead it's a server-side switch. As of now, the feature is available on Pixel phones and a handful of Samsung smartphones.

When you tap a link that takes you to a phishing website, if Android Safe Browsing is enabled, Android will warn you if the link is malicious. It also warns you about web pages if they are not secure. In the documentation, Google claims that Safe Browsing Network Protocol v4 does this while keeping battery and bandwidth consumption to a minimum, while the Live Protection feature is active.