Besides the new icon, Google Contacts has seen rather a fewer changes successful the past year, and the latest is simply a caller “Highlights” tab.

“Highlights” appears betwixt “Contacts” and “Fix & manage” successful the Material You bottommost bar. Underneath the hunt field, you get a grid of “Favorites” that fits 4 icons successful a row. It’s much dense than the Phone app’s “Favorites” tab, and you tin rapidly “Add” caller ones from the top-right corner.

The grid coexists with the database of Favorites astatine the apical of the main tab. As such, there’s present 2 ways to view.

This is followed by “Recents,” which is simply a two-tab database that starts with “View recently.” Each interaction is accompanied by a presumption date, and the overflow paper lets you wide that history. “Added recently” rounds retired the list, and is the astir utile portion of this caller UI.

With this change, which rolled retired recently, Google Contacts is present a three-tab app that besides features a navigation drawer successful the main database view. The app is getting a spot busy.

“Fix & manage” to item assorted tools that the app offers was a bully addition, but it’s not wide whether it required a full tab approach. If anything, the caller contacts grid should conscionable beryllium added to the apical of the main database and regenerate the Favorites list, portion the Recents conception tin spell into the existing Manage tab.

That said, successful theory, this caller Highlights tab could beryllium the superior mode radical usage Google Contacts. Instead of scrolling, they could conscionable search, portion the grid is much ocular and affable than the list.

• Google’s caller Sun and Favorite contacts Tiles rotation retired connected Pixel Watch
• Contacts getting a ample Material You homescreen widget
• Google Contacts rolls retired card-based details leafage redesign

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