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Your phone’s contacts app can be easy to treat as a simple address book. But the default versions are usually Apple’s iOS 15 and Google’s Android 12 can be much more useful – provides specific ringtones, travel instructions, birthday reminders and more – if Take the time to review entries for your favorite people. Here is a quick guide.

Introduce yourself

Apples iOS Contacts app and Google’s free Contacts for Android Add a card for your own information. It may seem strange, but the information you provide is helpful when working with your phone’s companion app or using autofill fields. Safari and Chromium browsers. For example, it helps to indicate family relationships on your personal business card. Siri or Google Assistant When you say “call my mom” you will probably have to verbally confirm the relationship with the assistant.

To find your card on iPhonehungry Contacts app. If you don’t see it at the top of the list, tap the + icon to set it up. Select your card and tap Edit. Tap “Add related name” and select relationship tags for family members in your contacts. In medical identification You can specify an area. emergency communication If you don’t have a driver’s license, it will appear on your phone’s lock screen.

on google Persons, tap the Google Account profile icon in the upper right corner, select Contacts App Settings, select Your Information, and tap Edit Contact to fill in your information. Open many Google Pixel modelsYou can assign emergency contacts in Google’s free Personal Security app or on lock screens other Android phones.

Add New Contact

To create a contact on iPhone or a android phone, open the contacts app, tap the + button and fill in the fields. (If you sync your contacts with your computer or an online service like iCloud or Googlenew cards appear there too.)

A person can be more than just a digital Rolodex card. You can add phonetic name-pronunciation guides, social media handles, pictures, short notes (like “vegetarian” or “Bengal fan”) and birthdays; These dates are later iPhone’s optional birthday calendar or Google’s Calendar app for Android.

Edit or Delete Contacts

To update a contact, select it and Tap the edit button in the upper-right corner of the iPhone screen or Edit Contact button It’s in the lower right corner on an Android phone. In edit mode, add new details such as addresses for future travel directions. To add a profile picture, tap the photo icon and select a picture on your phone.

Over iPhone’s contact edit screen, you can assign a specific ringtone and text tone for that contact. If you want to delete the contact, scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Delete Contact.

In Google’s Contacts on an Android phoneTap the three-dot More menu in the upper-right corner of an open card to get options for assigning a specific ringtone, sharing or deleting a contact, and more. (You can delete multiple entries at once from the main list in the More menu: select Select, tap the unwanted contacts and tap the trash icon.)

Deal with Duplicates

Finding multiple entries for the same person? In iOS 15 you can: connect contacts to hide duplicates. Just open one of the entries and tap Edit. Scroll to and tap Link Contacts, select other version and tap Link to merge cards. (If you’re syncing your iPhone’s contacts with the Contacts app on a Mac, group, to delete and to connect entries from your computer.)

Google’s Contacts includes: Merge and Fix command to clear duplicates. Tap the Menu icon in the upper left corner, select Merge & Straighten and continue; can also be used for vehicle Google Contacts on the webas ability, tag people.) If you prefer to merge contacts manually, tap the More menu in the upper right corner and select Select to select entries from the list. Tap the More menu again and select Merge.

keep in touch

Now that your contacts are updated, run them. For example, you can add iOS widget To your iPhone’s home screen for quick access to your favorite contacts. On many Android phones you can: save a contact shortcut on your home screen From Google’s Contacts menu.

A card’s sharing option makes it easy to text or email contact information to others. Tell your phone’s assistant to pick up a specific contact so you can get one-touch shortcuts to make video calls, send electronic money, and more. Or save time and tell your assistant to initiate the call or message for you.