Calling Cards made Google Contacts too busy, but a fix is in the works

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Calling Cards made Google Contacts too busy, but a fix is in the works

TL;DR

• With the addition of support for Calling Cards, Google Contacts can now have multiple photos assigned to each person.


• The app is working on a new UI to emphasize the Calling Card, and downplay the old contact photo.


• We also see Contacts further preparing for the ability to share your own Calling Card with others.

Last year, Google really spruced up how we’re alerted about the people trying to get in touch with us, through the introduction of Calling Cards. We can already set custom photos for our contacts, to be displayed when they call us, and it looks we’ll soon have the ability to configure our own Calling Card. As Google works on finishing that up, we’ve spotted another change that could impact how user photos are displayed in the Google Contacts app.

       
       
       

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With the addition of Calling Cards, the Contacts app quietly developed a too-many-photos problem. There was already the option to define a photo for each contact, and now we have the big Calling Card pic, as well. So far, Contacts has been showing both of those on its contact detail screens, as you see to the left below. But with version 4.73.27.871645217 of the Android app, devs have started work on a new layout for those screens.

Source: Calling Cards made Google Contacts too busy, but a fix is in the works