Digital Trends

Google is testing a new way to keep your contacts more private on Android 17

What’s happened? Google is testing a new Contacts Picker in development builds of Android 17. According to Android Authority, the new Contact Picker lets you choose which contacts to share with an app ...
techtimes

Android May Soon Copy Apple's NameDrop With Seamless Contact Sharing

Android might soon get an Apple NameDrop-like feature that instantly sends contact information using a single gesture. There are first signs of the coming functionality during a recent APK teardown, ...
Android

Google’s “Contact Exchange” Is Basically NameDrop for Android — And It’s Coming Soon

Google is developing a new feature called Contact Exchange, essentially an Android version of Apple’s NameDrop. Discovered in a recent Google Play Services teardown, the feature uses NFC to quickly ...
Android Police

Android is getting an effortless new way to swap contacts

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
9to5google

Android may add NFC-based contact sharing similar to iPhone, early findings suggest

New evidence reveals that Google is working on some form of NFC-based contact sharing on Android, similar to iPhone’s “NameDrop,” but it’s very early days. Apple introduced “NameDrop” on iPhone as a ...
Android Police

Material 3 Expressive brings a fresh new look to Google Contacts

Timi is a news and deals writer who's been reporting on technology for over a decade. He loves breaking down complex subjects into easy-to-read pieces that keep you informed. But his recent passion ...