This New Contacts App Update Solves A Problem We've All Had On Android Phones

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Google's latest Android characteristic is focused connected ensuring you person speedy entree to your connection history. It's called Contact History, and it's recovered wrong nan Android Contacts app. The latest upgrade to Contacts now includes a conception called "Recent activity" that lists nan caller connection history pinch a contact.

If you find an relationship (be it a telephone call, text, aliases different form), you tin pat nan introduction to unfastened nan associated app.

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This characteristic tin beryllium adjuvant if clip has passed since you've communicated pinch a interaction and you want to retrieve nan past interaction. Open nan contact, scroll down until you spot nan "Recent activity" entry, and you'll spot immoderate communications you've had. You'll besides spot nan telephone clip and erstwhile nan telephone was placed.

If you pat connected a matter connection entry, it will unfastened nan matter connection thread for that contact. If you pat a telephone call, it will only unfastened nan telephone app, but it does not spot a telephone (you person to do that manually).

The characteristic is already rolling retired and should beryllium recovered successful your Contacts app. If you do not spot "Recent activity" successful a interaction entry, you'll want to make judge to upgrade Contacts from wrong nan Google Play Store app.

What I've recovered successful nan app is that it only features telephone calls and matter messages, truthful different connection apps (such arsenic WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger) won't look successful this conception of nan app.

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If your communication/interaction is constricted to a mini postulation of contacts, this characteristic whitethorn not beryllium of interest. However, if you woody pinch a agelong database of people, nan "Recent activity" introduction will beryllium a godsend to thief you enactment organized and up-to-date pinch your latest communications pinch your contacts.

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