Google Contacts is about to win a mode without accountwhich remains exclusive to a handful of home apps today. If you like the Google Contacts app but don’t want to sync them, this will be a way to do it.
The Google Contacts app is designed to be used with a Google account, which has advantages such as the ability to recover deleted contacts or easily transfer them from one mobile phone to another. But those who do not want to synchronize their contacts
Google Contacts, without Google
What do the Google app and Google Contacts have in common? Both will have the ability Use without any account in the account selection menu, like a kind of incognito mode, but without incognito. Come on, nothing is synchronized with Google’s servers.
Some Google apps need to be synced with a Google account and others don’t, and there’s a third group: those you can use without an account. It sounds the same, but it’s not: because this last option specifically allows you do not use google account in this app even if you have it set up on your mobile.
This is equivalent to turning off sync in Settings, and this is precisely what you will be able to do in the future in the Google Contacts app, from the account switcher. By doing so, The synchronized contacts will be deleted from the mobile phone and the synchronization will be disabled.
Screenshots from Android Authority
The Google Contacts app you can also save contacts to the device
We still don’t know when accountless usage will arrive in Google Contacts, although it will be an interesting option for those who want it. use this Google app but without sharing your data with Google. Now, in this case, it may be more cost-effective for you to use another contacts/phone app, although that’s another story.
Via | Android Authority
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