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TL;DR
- Google Contacts model 4.26 launched a brand new linked apps field.
- The brand new part strikes the varied contact strategies for apps like WhatsApp and Telegram into pull-down menus.
- The refreshed look means you don’t instantly see the identical telephone quantity repeatedly.
You might need observed that the newest replace to the Google Contacts app introduced a cleaner look to every contact entry. Amongst different adjustments, model 4.26 of the Google Contacts app has launched a separate “Related apps” field to chop down on the record of choices you instantly see on viewing a contact (through TheSpAndroid).
Previous to the replace, you might need seen your acquaintance’s telephone quantity, then a number of contact choices for WhatsApp, a number of extra strains for Telegram, and so forth. This gave you quick entry to actions similar to beginning a WhatsApp voice name, nevertheless it additionally seemed busy and disorganized. All of those contact choices associated to different apps are actually tidied away within the “Related apps” field under the primary contact information.
As you’ll see within the screenshots under, the linked apps field initially exhibits a one-line entry for every app, with a pull-down arrow alongside it. Hitting the arrow expands the field for that exact app to indicate the varied contact strategies for voice calls, video calls, and messages.
This alteration means you’ll solely see the contact’s telephone quantity when opening their entry. Each choice to get in contact with them throughout the varied linked apps is only one extra faucet away than earlier than.
We like this new look. In addition to being extra pleasing to the attention, will probably be much less complicated for some customers. Opening a contact web page and repeatedly seeing a wall of the identical telephone quantity could have barely perplexed some folks.