Google Contacts will highlight recent searches. Get section for favourite contacts

Found on the vast majority of Android phones, the Google Contacts app gets improvements that will make it easier to find frequently called contacts.

Google Contacts is the app you go to every time you want to look up a specific contact in your phone’s address book, or check your phone for missed calls. Created in the early days of Android, the Contacts app has kept its simplicity to this point, with Google reluctant to expand its core functionality too much, lest it risk too many complaints from Android users who appreciate its simplicity. Meanwhile, the expectations of those who would like functionality more in line with the power of recent generation devices continue to rise.

The Contacts app already offers relatively advanced options, such as merging duplicate contacts and grouping contacts into Favorites lists. However, it was missing options that should have been included in the basic functionality, such as the option to resume recently initiated searches. The new features will appear in a new tab added to the app, offering a personalised approach to contact lists.

Under the current formula, the Contacts interface is split into two tabs, the first displaying all contacts in a chronologically sorted list, with favourites appearing at the top. The second tab is dedicated to more advanced functions, such as merging duplicate contacts, import/export functions and restoring recently deleted contacts. The third tab will be called Highlights and will function as a location for quick access to favourite contacts and recent searches.