{"id":246302,"date":"2026-05-15T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/android-phones-are-finally-getting-an-iphone-style-dialer-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:50:06","slug":"android-phones-are-finally-getting-an-iphone-style-dialer-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/android-phones-are-finally-getting-an-iphone-style-dialer-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Android phones are finally getting an iPhone-style dialer upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-dialer-voip-call-logs-3667300\/\">Android phones are finally getting an iPhone-style dialer upgrade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-dialer-voip-call-logs-3667300\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-dialer-voip-call-logs-3667300\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-15 00:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android will soon let third-party VoIP apps like WhatsApp show their call history directly in native dialer apps such as Phone by Google.<\/li>\n<li>Users will be able to return VoIP calls directly from the phone app without first opening the original third-party app.<\/li>\n<li>VoIP apps may also be able to hide specific internet calls from the system call log for added privacy, a feature previously introduced in Android 16 QPR2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google has announced a new Android feature that could make your phone app feel a lot smarter and less fragmented. VoIP apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and other internet calling services will now be able to integrate directly with your phone\u2019s native dialer app, such as Phone by Google.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Mg\" 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_Mg\" 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>Essentially, if you have an Android phone running Android 16.1 and above, you\u2019ll soon see calls from third-party apps appear alongside regular cellular calls inside your main call history. You\u2019ll also be able to return those calls directly from the dialer without opening the original app first.<\/p>\n<p>This is something iPhones have supported for some time now through Apple\u2019s CallKit framework, and Android has long felt behind in this area. Right now, if you miss a WhatsApp call, you have to open WhatsApp itself to find it again or call the person back.<\/p>\n<p>The new system will work by letting VoIP apps register their calls with Android\u2019s telecom framework. Once they do, those calls can appear in the device\u2019s main call log just like regular phone calls. If you tap the callback button in the dialer, Android will automatically route you back into the correct app to place the internet call.<\/p>\n<p>We actually found this system to be working on our Pixel 9 running the latest Android Canary build. The Calling Accounts page in the Phone by Google app\u2019s settings allows you to see which third-party apps can display call logs in the app. You can also turn off the feature for each app&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-dialer-voip-call-logs-3667300\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android phones are finally getting an iPhone-style dialer upgrade https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-dialer-voip-call-logs-3667300\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-15 00:10:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/google-phone-app-new-home-page-pixel-10-pro-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-246302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246302"}],"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=246302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246304,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246302\/revisions\/246304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}