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TL;DR
- Google Contacts model 4.26 launched a brand new linked apps field.
- The brand new part strikes the assorted 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 may need seen that the latest replace to the Google Contacts app introduced a cleaner look to every contact entry. Amongst different modifications, model 4.26 of the Google Contacts app has launched a separate “Linked apps” field to chop down on the checklist of choices you instantly see on viewing a contact (through TheSpAndroid).
Previous to the replace, you may 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 equivalent to beginning a WhatsApp voice name, however it additionally appeared busy and disorganized. All of those contact choices associated to different apps at the moment are tidied away within the “Linked apps” field beneath the primary contact information.
As you’ll see within the screenshots beneath, 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 individual app to point out the assorted contact strategies for voice calls, video calls, and messages.
This transformation means you’ll solely see the contact’s telephone quantity when opening their entry. Each choice to get in contact with them throughout the assorted 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 individuals.
