A beastly change is coming to the Google Contacts app

Android phones include many apps installed by default when purchased. Most come from Google and are widely used in Europe. We refer to applications such as Google Maps or Telephone, but also to Contacts, which is always the safe in which we have all the data of our friends, acquaintances and family.

This application is preparing for an update with features that they will make it a much more powerful tool and that will make it open for much more than searching for a phone number or an address.

In fact, currently we can already include in this application the birthdays or the physical addresses of our contacts, linking this data to the Google Maps and Calendar applications.

A huge update

Google Contacts promises a significant change in the way we interact with the app with a new feature that will let users know the exact location of your contacts in real timewhich can be very useful for coordinating meetings or ensuring that a friend or family member has arrived safely after a trip.

Instant tracking was already integrated into Google Maps, but it is not a well-known function, and the use of this function in WhatsApp is more common in Europe. Either way, the need for constant calls or texts asking where someone is is eliminated.

This follow-up can be especially useful in emergency situations or when we need to know that someone has arrived at a place safely, or just to be able to check if someone you stayed with is late. If we click on this area, Google Maps will open.

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Although the implementation is still in the testing phase, as indicated Nail_Sadykovit looks like it is preparing to be introduced in the Android 14 launch, either in the system or in Google services

, which would allow millions of people to have this function active without having to completely update the operating system. In addition, the weather of our contact’s location will also be displayed, in case we are the ones going to that address. If we press on it, it will take us to a website where we can see more details about the weather.

Eventually, the main application screen will be redesignedshowing us things like Upcoming birthdays, which will make this app much more useful than before. We can still see birthdays in the calendar created when we put them in the Contacts app, but this way we will know in advance.