After learning that it can be used without an account, Google’s “Contacts” app continues to improve with a small but useful change: identifying contacts without a designated picture. So far the app allows you to use different alternatives, the most natural being the one. add photo of the person in question.
However, if you do not have it, you can choose the images provided by Google. Of course, finding a person without an image representing them is especially tedious. What does Google recommend? Let’s add an emoji. This is the change that is coming soon.
Weird way to describe people
Google has had a busy year updates to your contacts app– The contact creation page was redesigned in September; This month, it is now the turn of the list of people with a more stylish appearance and support for dynamic Android themes.
Now, as we read on Android Police, there is another design change, albeit a bit minor. very useful for users– There are more icon options for our contacts. What are they? Google is testing the ability to use an emoji or monogram as a contact image.
Additionally, according to Android Authority, options that currently appear on the three-dot button (change ringtone, shortcut, etc.) will become part of the contacts page. These settings are represented by regular icons for easier identification.
Going back to the communication visuals, they were “hunted” in the version Google “Contacts” v4.44.31.692334116: As we can see in the GIF, the signature of the search engine asks us to use a monogram or emoji as a screenshot of our contacts.
Regarding the monogram, only two characters can be used, but both the background and text style can be customized. It will additionally contain a button “Inspire me” (translated from English) will choose a random font and background color.
If you prefer, it will be possible to create any emoji we know, and if that is not enough, add a background of various colors or colours. monochrome mode (black and white). It is currently unknown when this option will arrive on mobile phones with the app installed: it looks almost ready, so it won’t be long before.
via | Android Police
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