{"id":226772,"date":"2026-03-23T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/google-contacts-preps-a-smarter-new-look-for-contact-profiles\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:30:09","slug":"google-contacts-preps-a-smarter-new-look-for-contact-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/google-contacts-preps-a-smarter-new-look-for-contact-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Contacts preps a smarter new look for contact profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-contacts-profiles-3651085\/\">Google Contacts preps a smarter new look for contact profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-contacts-profiles-3651085\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-contacts-profiles-3651085\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-23 14:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mishaal Rahman \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Contacts is prepping a new layout for contact profile pages.<\/li>\n<li>More info is being moved up top for easy at-a-glance access.<\/li>\n<li>We could lose the \u201cAbout\u201d section for a dedicated \u201cNotes\u201d view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google Contacts is definitely one of the company\u2019s most under-appreciated Android apps, but for the easily overlooked, all too utilitarian role it often plays, it\u2019s still been getting a solid amount of attention from developers over the past year. That\u2019s brought it some nice new features like Calling Cards, and work\u2019s actively underway to make those even better. Today we\u2019re checking out another corner of Contacts that\u2019s due an update, as Google tries out a new look for profile pages.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Contacts has a small bloat problem. When we were just saving names and email addresses, it was easy enough to nicely display everything, but your modern Contacts profile has quite a bit more data to include. Here\u2019s how that looks today:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"contacts profile page old 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-1000w-2200h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-655w-1440h.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-491w-1080h.jpg 491w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-393w-864h.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-173w-380h.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1-545w-1200h.jpg 545w\" alt=\"contacts profile page old 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-1.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"contacts profile page old 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-1000w-2200h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-655w-1440h.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-491w-1080h.jpg 491w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-393w-864h.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-173w-380h.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2-545w-1200h.jpg 545w\" alt=\"contacts profile page old 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-old-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That gets the job done, admittedly, but it\u2019s also a bit sprawling. Could there be a better way to organize things?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Well, in Contacts version 4.75.27.882333999, we\u2019ve uncovered an updated layout that starts grouping things together a bit differently. For instance, instead of that separate \u201cLabels\u201d section buried down below, it\u2019s moving prominently up top \u2014 kind of like you\u2019d expect a label to be.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"contacts profile page new 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-scaled.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-1000w-2223h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-648w-1440h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-486w-1080h.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-389w-864h.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-171w-380h.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-540w-1200h.jpg 540w\" alt=\"contacts profile page new 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-1-scaled.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_lg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"contacts profile page new 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-scaled.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-1000w-2223h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-648w-1440h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-486w-1080h.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-389w-864h.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-171w-380h.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-540w-1200h.jpg 540w\" alt=\"contacts profile page new 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/contacts-profile-page-new-2-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, rather than existing as its own separate thing, now we see the weather forecast for where our contact lives being displayed alongside their location \u2014 totally sensible.<\/p>\n<p>Google also appears to be reconsidering its approach to the \u201cAbout\u201d section here. Instead of having that at all, in this release we see Google preparing to split things up, moving birthday up into the main info block. Then, if you have any notes for a contact, those would start being displayed separately, underneath.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these changes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-contacts-profiles-3651085\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Contacts preps a smarter new look for contact profiles https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-contacts-profiles-3651085\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-23 14:04:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Single-contact-picker-UI-in-Google-Contacts-for-Android-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-226772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226774,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226772\/revisions\/226774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}