8 Things You Didn't Know You Could Save in Google Contacts
Google has a series of apps pre-installed on Android phones that enable them to be used by hundreds of millions of people. The most famous are Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Photos, but there are others that are used daily but go unused because the company itself hasn't told us everything they can do.
One such app is Contacts, which stores all the information about the people we frequently communicate with. It's the old calendar on pre-smartphone mobile phones. This app has gradually evolved and is now the perfect place to store all your important information.
Additionally, this app has an easy-to-use web version for managing data, editing information, and even accessing it when you're on your computer. Best of all, the web version syncs seamlessly with the app.
This way, it's possible to have all of a person's information in one place, from their mobile phone to their work phone, including their email, home and office addresses, and even their personal notes. The versatility of this tool has continued to improve in recent years, but without Google advertising it.
- Address: One of the most practical pieces of information is the address. In addition to being able to save it in the Contacts app, you'll be able to pin a contact's name to Google Maps and navigate directly to their home.
- Date of Birth: Another useful field is the date of birth. This feature is integrated into the calendar, and if this option is activated, Contacts will notify us in the daily birthday view in our Contacts app.
- Recent Interactions: In the web version of Contacts, you can see the last emails written or received from that person.
- Shared Files: Similarly, in this web version, we have direct access to files shared in Google Drive with this contact, to edit them directly.
- Google Assistant: Again, in the desktop version there is a section called Google Assistant, which tells us if this person is in our family, within this program, as well as the relationship with us if one has been established.
- Notes: Another versatile field is Notes, which allows you to make a quick note about the person's identity, in case we don't want to put it in the name, which many people do.
- Web: Additionally, if this person or their company has a website, it can be saved in the corresponding field.
- Important Date: Finally, it is possible to set important dates specific to each person, such as an anniversary.
: Application link: Google Contacts
Web version link: Google Contacts