Google Contacts
Google Contacts rolls out card-based details page redesign
Google Contacts has rolled out its latest redesign, which trades in a simple list of details for neatly organized cards.
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Google Contacts gets Wear OS 3 redesign, now distributed on Play Store
Continuing the trend of new and redesigned apps for Wear OS 3 in the past year, Google has released Contacts to the Play Store with a revamped look.
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Google Contacts now shows the date you added new people as bottom bar rolls out
After first being spotted a month ago, the Google Contacts bottom bar redesign is now widely rolled out as the Android app now notes the date you added an individual.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts redesign adds bottom bar to better surface tools, rolling out now
The majority of Google’s apps today feature a bottom bar and Contacts for Android is now the latest to add it as part of a redesign that retains a modified navigation drawer.
Expand Expanding CloseCalling on Assistant Smart Displays, speakers will soon be limited to your Google Contacts
Google Home devices have long let users place phone calls with just their voice. An upcoming Assistant change will restrict that calling capability to numbers saved in your Google Contacts.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts now available in Gmail’s web sidebar [Update: Calendar, Docs, Chat]
The Gmail side panel today provides quick access to Calendar, Keep, and Tasks. Google is now bringing Contacts to the sidebar for Workspace and personal customers using Gmail.
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Google Contacts reaches 1 billion downloads on the Play Store
Keeping in touch with your friends and family is much easier if you have their numbers saved, and if you use Android, then it’s almost certain that you’ll use Google Contacts — which has now joined the 1 billion download club on the Play Store.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts is the first big Material You redesign with Dynamic Color, UI tweaks [Updated]
Material You can be seen in various parts of the system on Android 12. The next big step for the company’s new design language is app updates, and that started with Google Camera seeing some tweaks this month. Google Contacts is now the inaugural first-party app to get a sizable Material You redesign.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts rolling out new people pages optimized for Workspace
Following a slew of Workspace developments in recent weeks, Google Contacts is getting visual tweaks and more information that’s particularly beneficial for people within a company.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts v3.38 now lets you change your Google Account profile picture
The latest Google Contacts v3.38 update has added a convenient feature that lets you alter or change your Google Account profile picture from right within the application.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle shutting down Trusted Contacts location sharing app in December
Google announced Trusted Contacts at the end of 2016 as location sharing tailored for family and friends. After nearly four years, a shutdown of Trusted Contacts, in favor of parallel functionality in Google Maps, was announced today.
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Google Contacts reaches 500 million Google Play Store downloads
The standalone Google Contacts application has now hit an impressive 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store, despite not being pre-installed on all Android devices.
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Google Contacts makes deleting a two-step process with ‘Trash’ folder
Google Contacts will soon gain a fairly standard “Trash” feature, like Gmail, Photos, and even Android. Available on the web, it results in a two-step process for deleting contacts.
Expand Expanding CloseContacts for Android losing built-in Google Pay integration
Google Contacts for Android has a very useful row of actions that lets you quick call, text, video, or email. Those in the US also have the ability to send P2P payments, but Google is planning on removing that functionality from Contacts.
Google Contacts can now backup local contacts, something it shockingly couldn’t before
At this point, most people have moved beyond paper contact books and just keep all of their friends numbers and information in their phone instead. Google Contacts does a great job of saving that information and, now, Google is finally making it possible to backup contacts that were created locally.
Google Contacts on the web regains ability to quickly ‘create multiple contacts’
Last February, the old Google Contacts was permanently disabled in favor of the current Material iteration. That was done as feature parity neared, with Google a year later restoring the ability to create multiple contacts.
Google Contacts update finds people not saved to your account in search
Google makes it pretty easy to house all of your contacts in a single location, but sometimes you’ll still shoot emails off to people you don’t have saved or vice versa. Now, Google is making it easier to track down “other” contacts with the latest update to Google Contacts for Android.
Google Contacts 3.15 bug makes it very slow to open entries
Historically a straightforward application, the default Contacts app on Android is a bit buggy after its latest update. Opening people in Google Contacts 3.15 is remarkably slow and takes a few seconds.
Google Contacts adds half-screen floating panel when adding new numbers
In an effort to make it easier for users to input new numbers for contacts, Google Contacts is rolling out a new feature that’s potentially based on Android Slices. The new half-screen panel offers a lot of functionality without pulling you out of the app. Here’s what it does.
Google Contacts 3.5.7 adds improved dark theme switcher in settings
Google Contacts last year was one of the first apps to implement a dark theme on Android. Version 3.5.7 today adds a better “Choose theme” switcher in settings that is more apparent to the user and provides additional granularity.
Google Contacts for Android updated with Material Theme account switcher
Since I/O 2018, the Google Material Theme has rolled out to many first-party apps, with major ones like Gmail for Android just coming aboard. Many of the newer redesigns feature a faster account switcher, with Google Contacts now the latest to adopt this UI element.
Google Contacts 3.2 adds dark theme, respects system Night mode in Android Pie
Following last week’s encouragement that apps adopt dark themes to conserve battery life, Google Contacts is the latest Android client to gain one. In recent weeks, the company has been updating its communication apps, with Google Phone’s dark look already announced and in-development.
Google Contacts for web gets Material Theme redesign to match Gmail, Android app
Google Contacts has been building out a new design for the past couple of years, and today the company announced that the old version of the interface would be deprecated in favor of the new one. At the same time, though, it looks like a Material Theme redesign is hitting Contacts, catching it up to Gmail and other Google apps.
Old Google Contacts will be deprecated next year as new design reaches feature parity
Google has been previewing a new design for Google Contacts on the web since 2015, but always retained the previous online version until feature parity. With that milestone now achieved, Google will deprecate the old Google Contacts in February of 2019.
