‘Google is creating a new version of the Contacts app for Android and adding some valuable features to it. After a navigation drawer was added last month, there’s been an upgrade to how contact management is implemented. The new feature is called “Organize”, so it’s in line with current trends.
Taking it as a minimalist design enables efficient management of everything related to the contact list. Moving away from the traditional mode of display, the “Organize” menu replaces it with a single list. Now, for each option not only its name, but what the tool can do is displayed in a useful and simple display.
“Google” is the first grouping:
- Merge & fix: Easy ways to fix up your contacts
- Reminders: Manage reminders for significant dates for your contacts
- Emergency contacts: Choose who others can call using your phone’s Safety app
- Family group: Share family features or set parental controls
- Household contacts: Edit contacts that anyone can call from your Assistant devices
- Restore contacts: Contacts backups from your Android devices
- Trash: Recently deleted Google Account contacts
The second step is to combine similar entries through the merge function. fix typo? Create a birthday pop-up? It all comes just like that, clearly demarcated by its origin, with no room for me to get lost. Additionally, they have placed a search bar on the top right corner that provides the same functionality as the “Contacts” and “Highlights” buttons.
This roll-out process is being implemented in phases, and you may not receive it immediately. But, sometimes it feels like an intruder into your personal space; However, once you get used to it, it makes it much easier to manage your digital Rolodex and fight virtual clutter.
That’s followed by “This device” options:
- Contact ringtones: Set ringtones for specific contacts
- Manage SIM: Import or delete contacts from SIM
- Import from file
- Export to file
- Blocked numbers: Numbers you won’t receive calls or texts from
- Settings.
