Joe Maring / Android Authority Last August, the Google Phone app got a feature I immediately fell in love with: Calling Cards. Calling Cards allow
Tag: Google Phone app
Android’s Calling Cards could be coming soon to Wear OS
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working to bring Calling Cards support to Wear OS, enabling personalized, full-screen call backgrounds on smartwatches. Evidence
Google Contacts may soon offer a clever shortcut for Calling Cards
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is addressing user complaints by adding a Calling Cards shortcut to the “Organize” tab in the Google Contacts
Google admits just how confusing Phone app landscape support has been
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last year Google started supporting a landscape mode UI for its Phone app. Eventually a new option to lock
A major Pixel-exclusive security feature could be the Galaxy S26’s secret weapon
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR New code suggests Google is bringing its AI-powered Scam Detection feature to the Galaxy S26 series, potentially ending Pixel
Weird bug on Pixel’s Phone app might be leaking your audio during voicemails
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s “Take a Message” feature on Pixel phones is not functioning as intended. Instead of recording the caller’s message
Google’s Phone app keeps turning sideways, and users are confused again
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Phone app now supports landscape UI, meaning it will rotate if your system-wide auto-rotate is on. However,
Google starts testing Android’s new DND-overriding call option
TL;DR Last month we spotted Google developing Call Reason, a system for signaling call priority that could override DND. Google formally announced Call Reason at
From urgent calls to scam detection, here is what Google is bringing to all Androids
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR In addition to the Android 16 QPR2 update for Pixels, Google is also bringing new features across its apps
Phone by Google could soon let you scream ‘Urgent’ before a call
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a new calling feature that would allow you to mark your calls as Urgent using
